GNAS transcripts in skeletal progenitors: Evidence for random asymmetric allelic expression of Gsα

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1921-1930

  Michienzi, Stefano ^a,d   Cherman, Natasha ^b   Holmbeck, Kenn ^b   Funari, Alessia ^a,c   Collins, Michael T ^b   Bianco, Paolo ^a,d   Robey, Pamela Gehron ^b   Riminucci, Mara ^a,c  

^a Parco Scientifico Biomedico San Raffaele   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BONE CELL; BONE LESION; BONE MARROW; CELL CLONE; CELL ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPIGENETICS; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; ZYGOTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 34548439380     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm139     Document Type: Article

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