Effect of triplet repeat expansion on chromatin structure and expression of dmpk and neighboring genes, six5 and dmwd, in myotonic dystrophy

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 281-291

  Frisch, Richard ^a   Singleton, Kenneth R ^a   Moses, Priscilla A ^a   Gonzalez, Iris L ^a   Carango, Paul ^a   Marks, Harold G ^a,b   Funanage, Vicky L ^a,b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 RACE; DMPK splicing; Somatic cell hybrids

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID CELL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034788585     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.2001.3229     Document Type: Article

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