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A "late-but-fitter revertant cell" explains the high frequency of revertant mosaicism in epidermolysis bullosa

Revertant mosaicism, or “natural gene therapy”, is the phenomenon in which germline mutations are corrected by somatic events. In recent years, revertant mosaicism has been identified in all major types of epidermolysis bullosa, the group of heritable blistering disorders caused by mutations in the...

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Autores principales: van den Akker, Peter C., Pasmooij, Anna M. G., Joenje, Hans, Hofstra, Robert M. W., te Meerman, Gerard J., Jonkman, Marcel F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29470523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192994