Myotonic dystrophy: Tissue-specific effect of somatic CTG expansions on allele-specific DMAHP/SIX5 expression

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1017-1023

  Korade Mirnics, Zeljka ^a   Tarleton, Jack ^b   Servidei, Serenella ^c   Casey, Renee R ^b   Gennarelli, Massimo ^f   Pegoraro, Elena ^d   Angelini, Corrado ^d   Hoffman, Eric P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b St Joseph's Hospital   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER; LUNG; MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; ALLELES; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0033047455     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.6.1017     Document Type: Article

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