Abstract
We investigated the molecular genetics of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK), a dominant disorder characterized by epidermal blistering, hyperkeratosis, vacuolar degeneration and clumping of keratin filaments. Based on this pathology, we have excluded by linkage analysis several candidate genes for the disease; in contrast, complete linkage was obtained with the type II keratin, K1, on 12q11–q13. Linkage in this region of chromosome 12 was confirmed using several other markers, and multi–locus linkage analyses further supported this location. Keratins are excellent EHK gene candidates since their expression is specific to the suprabasal epidermal layers. In the pedigree studied here, a type II keratin gene, very probably K1, is implicated as the site of the molecular defect causing EHK.
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Compton, J., DiGiovanna, J., Santucci, S. et al. Linkage of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis to the type II keratin gene cluster on chromosome 12q. Nat Genet 1, 301–305 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0792-301
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