LMNA, encoding lamin A/C, is mutated in partial lipodystrophy

Nature Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-156

  Shackleton, Sue ^a   Lloyd, David J ^a   Jackson, Stephen N J ^a   Evans, Richard ^b   Niermeijer, Martinus F ^c   Singh, Baldev M ^d   Schmidt, Hartmut ^e   Brabant, Georg ^f   Kumar, Sudesh ⁱ   Durrington, Paul N ^g   Gregory, Simon ^b   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^h   Trembath, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN C;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPODYSTROPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT DISORDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LAMIN TYPE A; LAMINS; LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033951216     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72807     Document Type: Article

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