A non-sense mutation in the corneodesmosin gene in a Mexican family with hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1216-1219

  Davalos N O ^a   Garcia Vargas A ^b   Pforr, J ^c   Davalos I P ^a   Picos Cardenas V J ^a   Garcia Cruz D ^a   Kruse, R ^d   Figuera, L E ^a   Nothen M M ^c   Betz, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DERMATOLÓGICO DE JALISCO DR JOSÉ BARBA RUBIO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Corneodesmosin; COSN gene; HSS; Hypotrichosis simplex; Nonsense mutation

Indexed keywords

DESMOSINE; DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTRICHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SCALP HAIR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON;

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CODON, NONSENSE; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 28844454237     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06958.x     Document Type: Article

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