Mapping of monilethrix to the type II keratin gene cluster at chromosome 12q13 in three new families, including one with variable expressivity

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-343

  Birch Machin, M A ^a   Healy, E ^a   Turner, R ^a   Haldane, F ^a   Belgaid, C E ^a   Darlington, S ^b   Stephenson, A M ^a   Munro, C ^c   Messenger, A G ^b   Rees, J L ^a,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DARIER DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MONILETHRIX; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9844219733     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03735.x     Document Type: Article

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