Genetics and epigenetics of fascioscapulohumeral (Landouzy-Dejerine) muscular dystrophy

Genetika

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 202-206

  Petrov, A ^a,b   Laoudj, D ^c   Vassetzky, Ye ^b,d  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UMR 8126   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^d KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; DUX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

CHROMOSOME 4Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME 4; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE SILENCING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0038389019     PISSN: 00166758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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