The strange case of the 'lumper' lamin A/C gene and human premature ageing

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 370-375

  Novelli, Giuseppe ^a   D'Apice, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CARRIER PROTEIN; CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DNA; EMERIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; FREE RADICAL; GENE PRODUCT; LAMIN A; LAMIN C; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P63; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RNA; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE AGING; PROGERIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0141681225     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(03)00162-X     Document Type: Article

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