X-chromosome inactivation: role in skin disease expression

Volume: 95, Issue: 451, Pages: 16 - 23
Published: Apr 1, 2006
Abstract
UNLABELLED The occurrence of X inactivation in mammals has the consequence that all women are functional mosaics. In X-linked skin disorders, Lyonization usually gives rise to a mosaic pattern, as manifest by the appearance of the lines of Blaschko. This arrangement of lesions is observed in male-lethal X-linked traits, such as incontinentia pigmenti, focal dermal hypoplasia, Conradi-Hunermann-Happle syndrome, oral-facial-digital syndrome type 1...
Paper Details
Title
X-chromosome inactivation: role in skin disease expression
Published Date
Apr 1, 2006
Volume
95
Issue
451
Pages
16 - 23
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