Refined localisation of the genes for nebulin and titin on chromosome 2q allows the assignment of nebulin as a candidate gene for autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 229-234

  Pelin, Katarina ^a   Ridanpää, Maaret ^a   Donner, Kati ^a   Wilton, Stephen ^c   Krishnarajah, Janakan ^b   Laing, Nigel ^c   Kolmerer, Bernhard ^d   Millevoi, Stefania ^f   Labeit, Siegfried ^d   De La Chapelle, Albert ^a   Wallgren Pettersson, Carina ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^e FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Congential myopathy; Nebulin; Nemaline myopathy; Radiation hybrids; Rod myopathy; Titin

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NEBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 2Q; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 12644315058     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000484768     Document Type: Article

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