Nuclear alterations in autosomal-dominant emery-dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 826-829

  Sabatelli, Patrizia ^a   Lattanzi, Giovanna ^a   Ognibene, Andrea ^b   Columbaro, Marta ^c   Capanni, Cristina ^b   Merlini, Luciano ^c   Maraldi, Nadir M ^a,b   Squarzoni, Stefano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio di Biologia Cellulare e Microscopia Elettronica   (Italy)

^c Lab di Patologia Neuromuscolare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Emerin; Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophy; Lamin; Nuclear matrix

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; LAMINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, EMERY-DREIFUSS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035012608     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1076     Document Type: Article

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