A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the Abcc6 gene associates with connective tissue mineralization in mice similar to targeted models for pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 833-836

  Berndt, Annerose ^a   Li, Qiaoli ^b   Potter, Christopher S ^c   Liang, Yanhua ^c   Silva, Kathleen A ^c   Kennedy, Victoria ^c   Uitto, Jouni ^b   Sundberg, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ATP BINDING CASSETTE SUBFAMILY C MEMBER 6; CALCIUM; OSTEOPONTIN; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN K DEPENDENT CARBOXYLASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84873705650     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.340     Document Type: Letter

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