The human intermediate filament database: Comprehensive information on a gene family involved in many human diseases

Human Mutation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-360

  Szeverenyi, Ildiko ^a   Cassidy, Andrew J ^b   Cheuk, Wang Chung ^c   Lee, Bernett T K ^c   Common, John E A ^a   Ogg, Stephen C ^a   Chen, Huijia ^a   Shu, Yin Sim ^a   Goh, Walter L P ^a   Kee, Woei Ng ^a   Simpson, John A ^d   Li, Lian Chee ^a   Goi, Hui Eng ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Lunny, Declan P ^a   Chuon, Danny ^c   Venkatesh, Aparna ^a   Kian, Hoe Khoo ^a   McLean, W H Irwin ^b   Yun, Ping Lim ^c   Lane, E Birgitte ^a,d   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Database; Desmin; Epidermolysis bullosa; GFAP; Intermediate filament; Keratin; Lamin; Laminopathy; Neurofilament

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DESMIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN; LAMIN;

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLISTER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CATARACT; CYTOSKELETON; DATA BASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 40549123948     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20652     Document Type: Review

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