Functional analysis of splice site mutations in the human hairless (HR) gene using a minigene assay

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1127-1132

  Refke, M ^a   Pasternack, S M ^a   Fiebig, B ^b   Wenzel, S ^b   Ishorst, N ^a   Ludwig, M ^a   Nothen M M ^a   Seyger, M M ^c   Hamel, B C ^c   Betz, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HR PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATRICHIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAIR LOSS; HAIRLESS GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SPLICING; SCHOOL CHILD; ALOPECIA; GENETICS; INFANT; MUTATION;

ALOPECIA; CHILD; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MUTATION; RNA SPLICE SITES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84856403444     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10495.x     Document Type: Article

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