A functional ABCC11 allele is essential in the biochemical formation of human axillary odor

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 529-540

  Martin, Annette ^a   Saathoff, Matthias ^a   Kuhn, Fabian ^b   Max, Heiner ^a   Terstegen, Lara ^a   Natsch, Andreas ^b  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^b GIVAUDAN SCHWEIZ AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCC11 GENE; ADULT; ALLELE; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEAT GLAND;

ADULT; ALLELES; AMINO ACIDS; APOCRINE GLANDS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; AXILLA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SWEAT;

EID: 75549084817     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.254     Document Type: Article

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