The human orthologue of murine Mpzl3 with predicted adhesive and immune functions is a potential candidate gene for immune-related hereditary hair loss

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-263

  Racz, Peter ^a,b   Mink, Matyas ^b   Ordas, Anita ^a,b   Cao, Tongyu ^a,d   Szalma, Sandor ^c   Szauter, Kornelia M ^a   Csiszar, Katalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c MeTa Informatics and Acheuron Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Immunoglobulin V type domain; MPZL3; Rc mice

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL V LIKE ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYELIN PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN ZERO LIKE 3; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAIR LOSS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MOTIF; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALOPECIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

EID: 64549149815     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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