Plectin Gene Defects Lead to Various Forms of Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-41

  Rezniczek, Günther A ^a   Walko, Gernot ^a   Wiche, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytolinker; EBS; Plectin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA4 INTEGRIN; PLECTIN;

ATRESIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLISTER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYLORIC ATRESIA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PLECTIN;

EID: 70450263531     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2009.10.004     Document Type: Review

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