The Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy protein, emerin, is a nuclear membrane protein

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 801-808

  Manilal, S ^a   Nguyen, Thi Man ^a   Sewry, C A ^b   Morris, G E ^a  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EMERIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; THYMOPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL NUCLEUS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FETUS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; THYMOPOIETINS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0010397284     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.6.801     Document Type: Article

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