Polymorphic trinucleotide repeat in the MEF2A gene at 15q26 is not expanded in familial cardiomyopathies

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-58

  Bachinski, Linda L ^a   Abchee, Antoine ^a   Durand, Jean Bernard ^a   Roberts, Robert ^a   Krahe, Ralf ^b   Hobson, Grace M ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM); Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM); MEF2A; Trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHROMOSOME 15Q; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0031079998     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1996.0076     Document Type: Article

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