Good news in the nuclear envelope: Loss of lamin A might be a gain

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 632-634

  Scaffidi, Paola ^a   Misteli, Tom ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; LAMIN A; LAMIN C;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LAMINOPATHY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGERIA; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; LAMIN TYPE A; METABOLIC DISEASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE;

EID: 33644643902     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI27820     Document Type: Review

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