FSHD: A repeat contraction disease finally ready to expand (our understanding of its pathogenesis)

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Pearson, Christopher E ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DUX4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DUX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 4; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; POLYADENYLATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PATHOLOGY; RNA SPLICING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 78449248553     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001180     Document Type: Article

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