Nuclear changes in a case of X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 864-869

  Ognibene, A ^a   Sabatelli, P ^b   Petrini, S ^c   Squarzoni, S ^b   Riccio, M ^b   Santi, S ^b   Villanova, M ^d   Palmeri, S ^d   Merlini, L ^c   Maraldi, N M ^b  

^a Laboratory of Cell Biology   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Lab di Patologia Neuromuscolare   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emerin; Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy; Nuclear lamina; X linked EMD

Indexed keywords

EMERIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CISTERNA MAGNA; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, EMERY-DREIFUSS; MUTATION; SKIN; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032770324     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199907)22:7<864::AID-MUS8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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