Novel homozygous nonsense TMC8 mutation detected in patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis from a Brazilian family [19]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 831-833

  Rady, P L ^a   De Oliveira, W R P ^b   He, Q ^a   Festa, C ^b   Rivitti, E A ^b   Tucker, S B ^a   Tyring, S K ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TMC6; PROTEIN TMC8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAZIL; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WART VIRUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, NONSENSE; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 34548580630     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08123.x     Document Type: Letter

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