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KDF1, encoding keratinocyte differentiation factor 1, is mutated in a multigenerational family with ectodermal dysplasia.
Human genetics - 1 Jan 2017
Shamseldin Hanan E, Khalifa Ola, Binamer Yousef M, Almutawa Abdulmonem, Arold Stefan T, Zaidan Hamad, Alkuraya Fowzan S
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Ectodermal dysplasia is a highly heterogeneous group of disorders that variably affect the derivatives of the ectoderm, primarily skin, hair, nails and teeth. TP63, itself mutated in ectodermal dysplasia, links many other ectodermal dysplasia disease genes through a regulatory network that maintains the balance between proliferation and differentiation of the epidermis and other ectodermal derivatives. The...
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