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The balance between cell renewal and differentiation controls the growth of cancerous cells in mouse skin.
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December 2009 in “Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” Researchers found a new mutation in the FERMT1 gene in a Spanish family with Kindler syndrome.
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The trichohyalin gene is located at chromosomal region 1q21 with other skin-related protein genes.
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