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    J Invest Dermatol. 1996 Aug;107(2):253-4.

    A novel keratin K5 gene mutation in Dowling-Meara epidermolysis bullosa simplex.

    Nomura K, Shimizu H, Meng X, Umeki K, Tamai K, Sawamura D, Nagao K, Kawakami T, Nishikawa T, Hashimoto I.

    Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.

    We examined keratin K14 and K5 genes mutation in a Japanese Dowling-Meara epidermolysis bullosa simplex patient with severe generalized blistering and erosions at birth. The patient had a C to T transition at the first position of codon 174 in the keratin K5 gene, which resulted in a Leu->Phe substitution at the highly conserved 1A domain in keratin K5. Thus, our results revealed a novel mutation in the helix initiation peptide of keratin K5.

    PMID: 8757772 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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