Zebrafish: A model system to study heritable skin diseases

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 565-571

  Li, Qiaoli ^a   Frank, Michael ^a   Thisse, Christine I ^b   Thisse, Bernard V ^b   Uitto, Jouni ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARCINOGENESIS; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENODERMATOSIS; GENOME; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 79951513428     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.388     Document Type: Article

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