DNaseI hypersensitivity at gene-poor, FSH dystrophy-linked 4q35.2

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7381-7393

  Xu, Xueqing ^a   Tsumagari, Koji ^a   Sowden, Janet ^b   Tawil, Rabi ^b   Boyle, Alan P ^c   Song, Lingyun ^c   Furey, Terrence S ^c   Crawford, Gregory E ^c   Ehrlich, Melanie ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRIML1; PROTEIN TRIML2; PROTEIN ZFP42; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MYOBLAST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FEMALE; GENES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; MYOBLASTS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 75649084888     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp833     Document Type: Article

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