Emerin, deficiency of which causes Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, is localized at the inner nuclear membrane

Neurogenetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-140

  Yorifuji, Hiroshi ^a   Tadano, Yutaka ^a   Tsuchiya, Yuichi ^b   Ogawa, Megumu ^b   Goto, Kanako ^b   Umetani, Atsushi ^c   Asaka, Yoshiyuki ^d   Arahata, Kiichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c FUJIREBIO INC   (Japan)

^d Chichibu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopic immunocytochemistry; Emerin; Emery Dreyfuss muscular dystrophy; HeLa cell; Inner nuclear membrane; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

EMERIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; THYMOPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL NUCLEUS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, EMERY-DREIFUSS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; THYMOPOIETINS;

EID: 0031215452     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100480050020     Document Type: Article

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