Intragenic copy number variation within human epiplakin 1 (EPPK1) generates variation of molecular size of epiplakin

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu 879-5593, Japan.
• ² Laboratory of Gene Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ³ Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁴ Kurume University Institute of Cutaneous Cell Biology, 67 Asahimachi, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Matrix Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu 879-5593, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu 879-5593, Japan.
• ⁷ Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu 879-5593, Japan. Electronic address: fujiwara@oita-u.ac.jp.