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Deletion of a cytoplasmic domain of integrin beta4 causes epidermolysis bullosa simplex.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Dec 2002
Jonkman Marcel F, Pas Hendri H, Nijenhuis Miranda, Kloosterhuis Guus, Steege Gerritvander
Abstract excerpt
Integrin alpha6beta4 is a hemidesmosomal transmembrane molecule involved in maintaining basal cell-matrix adhesion through interaction of the large intracytoplasmic tail of the beta4 subunit with the keratin intermediate filament network, at least in part through its binding with plectin and BP180/type XVII collagen. Here we report a patient with predominant features of epidermolysis bullosa simplex due to a...
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