Detection of novel LAMC2 mutations in Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-135

  Pulkkinen, Leena ^a,e   McGrath, John ^a   Airenne, Tomi ^b   Haakana, Heli ^b   Tryggvason, Karl ^c   Kivirikko, Sirpa ^a   Meneguzzi, Guerrino ^d   Ortonne, Jean Paul ^d   Christiano, Angela M ^a   Uitto, Jouni ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; KALININ; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 8244259182     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401804     Document Type: Article

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