Hovnanian A., Rochat A., Bodemer C., Petit E., Rivers C.A., Prost C.,Fraitag S., Christiano A.M., Uitto J., Lathrop M., Barrandon Y.,de Prost Y. Characterization of 18 new mutations in COL7A1 inrecessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa provides evidence fordistinct molecular mechanisms underlying defective anchoring fibrilformation. This evidence concerns the gene COL7A1 and epidermolysis bullosa.