The DMPK gene of severely affected myotonic dystrophy patients is hypermethylated proximal to the largely expanded CTG repeat

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 278-285

  Steinbach, Peter ^a   Gläser, Dieter ^a   Vogel, Walther ^a   Wolf, Michael ^a   Schwemmle, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CASE REPORT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA METHYLATION; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031911365     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301711     Document Type: Article

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