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Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa caused by COL7A1 hemizygosity and a missense mutation with complex effects on splicing.
Human mutation - 1 Mar 2006
Titeux Matthias, Mejía José Enrique, Mejlumian Luciné, Bourthoumieu Sylvie, Mirval Sandra, Tonasso Laure, Heller Michel, Prost-Squarcioni Catherine, Hovnanian Alain
Abstract excerpt
Loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding type VII collagen, COL7A1, are the molecular basis of the blistering skin disorder, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). COL7A1 maps to a region of the short arm of chromosome 3 that has been found to be deleted in many types of malignancies. We have characterized the first case of a large genomic deletion in chromosome 3p21.31 that removes COL7A1...
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