Common epigenetic changes of D4Z4 in contraction-dependent and contraction-independent FSHD

Human Mutation

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1449-1459

  de Greef, Jessica C ^a   Lemmers, Richard J L F ^a   van Engelen, Baziel G M ^b   Sacconi, Sabrina ^c   Venance, Shannon L ^d   Frants, Rune R ^a   Tawil, Rabi ^e   van der Maarel, Silvère M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

D4Z4; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; FSHD; Macrosatellite repeat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; DNA METHYLATION; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL;

EID: 70450222400     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: 10981004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.21091     Document Type: Article

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