Caption: New gene for "spindle hair" decoded (IMAGE)

Universitatsklinikum Bonn

Caption: New gene for "spindle hair" decoded

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(from left) Dr. Buket Basmanav, Nicole Cesarato, Xing Xiong, Prof. Regina Betz and Yasmina Gossmann find causative mutations in the keratin 31 gene for the dominantly-inherited form of monilethrix.

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Hospital Bonn (UKB) / Rolf Müller

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