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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 19-05-2010
Symbol EBS1
Location 8q24.3
HGNC id 3138
Name epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type
Corresponding gene PLEC
Other symbol(s) EBSO
Main clinical features
  • in Norwegian family
  • ultrastructural characteristics of EBS Ogna skin showed that blisters do not start via cytolysis of subnuclear central portions of the basal cell cytoplasm but originate in the deepest areas of the basal cell cytoplasm, immediately above (but not within) hemidesmosomes
  • Genetic determination autosomal dominant
    Function/system disorder dermatology
    Type disease
    Gene product
    Name plectin (PLEC1)
    Remark(s)