Epidermolysis bullosa is a rare genetic disorder:

A. of a keratin gene that disrupts intermediate
filaments, weakening epidermal cell
connections.
B. of a microfilament gene that disrupts
desmosomes, weakening epidermal cell
connections.
C. of an intermediate filament gene that
disrupts hemidesmosomes, weakening
epidermal cell connections.
D. of a keratin gene that disrupts
microfilaments, weakening epidermal cell
connections.
E. All of these choices are correct.


A

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