Mutation screening of entire keratin 5 and keratin 14 genes and identification of a novel mutation in a Chinese family with epidermolysis bullosa simplex Dowling-Meara

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1510-1512

  Yuan, H ^a   Liu, F ^a   Xiao, B ^a   He, Y ^a   Liang, Y ^a   Liu, J ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHINESE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHINA; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATIN-14; KERATIN-5; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 56749179464     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02687.x     Document Type: Letter

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