The FSHD region on human chromosome 4q35 contains potential coding regions among pseudogenes and a high density of repeat elements

Genomics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-65

  Van Geel, M ^a   Heather, L J ^b   Lyle, R ^b   Hewitt, J E ^b   Frants, R R ^c   De Jong, P J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0032862871     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5942     Document Type: Article

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