Epidermal differentiation complex yields a secret: Mutations in the cornification protein filaggrin underlie ichthyosis vulgaris

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1202-1204

  Segre, Julia A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; KERATIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS LINKING; EPIDERMAL DIFFERENTIATION COMPLEX; EPIDERMIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; INCIDENCE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KERATINOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MUTATION; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDERMIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 33745518413     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700367     Document Type: Note

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