Article
A homozygous insertion-deletion in the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) in Hallopeau-Siemens dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
Nature genetics - 1 Nov 1993
Hilal L, Rochat A, Duquesnoy P, Blanchet-Bardon C, Wechsler J, Martin N, Christiano A M, Barrandon Y, Uitto J, Goossens M
Abstract excerpt
The Hallopeau-Siemens type of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (HS-RDEB) is a life-threatening autosomal disease characterized by loss of dermal-epidermal adherence with abnormal anchoring fibrils (AF). We recently linked HS-RDEB to the type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) which encodes the...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Cells, Cultured
- Child, Preschool
- Collagen
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Complementary
- Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Humans
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Molecular Sequence Data
