The Wnt signalling ligand RSPO4, causing inherited anonychia, is not mutated in a patient with congenital nail hypoplasia/aplasia with underlying skeletal defects [2]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 801-802

  Seitz, C S ^a   Van Steensel, M ^b   Frank, J ^b   Senderek, J ^c   Zerres, K ^c   Hamm, H ^a   Bergmann, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CYSTEINE; FURIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NOGGIN; PROTEIN LMX1B; PROTEIN WNT7A; THROMBOSPONDIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANONYCHIA; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; BRACHYDACTYLY; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; NAIL APLASIA; NAIL HYPOPLASIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETON MALFORMATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION; NAILS, MALFORMED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOSPONDINS; TOE PHALANGES;

EID: 34548548828     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08059.x     Document Type: Letter

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