Myotonic dystrophy: Molecular and cellular consequences of expanded DNA repeats are elusive

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-170

  Strong, P N ^a   Brewster, B S ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICIPATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0030904873     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005396420442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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