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A function for keratins and a common thread among different types of epidermolysis bullosa simplex diseases.
The Journal of cell biology - 1 Dec 1991
Coulombe P A, Hutton M E, Vassar R, Fuchs E
Abstract excerpt
Previously we demonstrated that transgenic mice expressing a mutant keratin in the basal layer of their stratified squamous epithelia exhibited a phenotype bearing resemblance to a subclass (Dowling Meara) of a heterogeneous group of human skin disorders known as epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) (Vassar, R., P. A. Coulombe, L. Degenstein, K. Albers, E. Fuchs. 1991. Cell. 64:365-380.). The extent to which...
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