Exclusion of muscle specific actinin-associated LIM protein (ALP) gene from 4q35 facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) candidate genes

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-10

  Bouju, Sophie ^a   Piétu, Geneviève ^b   Le Cunff, Martine ^a   Cros, Nathalie ^a   Malzac, Perrine ^c   Pellissier, Jean François ^d   Pons, Françoise ^a   Léger, Jean J ^a   Auffray, Charles ^b   Dechesne, Claude A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Actinin associated LIM protein; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ACTININ ASSOCIATED LIM PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ACTININ; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0344026250     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(98)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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