The genetics of Fraser syndrome and the blebs mouse mutants

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages

  Smyth, Ian ^a,b   Scambler, Peter ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN;

BLISTER; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; FRASER SYNDROME; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDACTYLY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; BLISTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 27744516069     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi262     Document Type: Review

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