New Mutations Account for Genetically Unsolved Cases of EBS, Researchers Say
New mutations in KRT5, the gene coding for keratin 5, one of the major structural components of the skin epidermis, account for previously unsolved cases of basal epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS), a study has found. Mutations in the genes KRT5 and KRT14, which code for keratins 5 and 14, are…