Low and high expressing alleles of the LMNA gene: Implications for laminopathy disease development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Rodríguez, Sofía ^a   Eriksson, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIN A; LAMIN B;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAMINOPATHY; LMNA GENE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROGERIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CHILD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; LAMIN TYPE A; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 80053298762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025472     Document Type: Article

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