DUX4 expression in FSHD muscle cells: How could such a rare protein cause a myopathy?

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-89

  Tassin, Alexandra ^a   Laoudj Chenivesse, Dalila ^b   Vanderplanck, Céline ^a   Barro, Marietta ^b   Charron, Sébastien ^a   Ansseau, Eugénie ^a   Chen, Yi Wen ^c   Mercier, Jacques ^b   Coppée, Frédérique ^a   Belayew, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; DUX4; FSHD; Homeodomain; Muscle; Myoblasts; Nucleus; PITX1

Indexed keywords

DUX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN PITX1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEASOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HALF-LIFE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84873187664     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2012.01647.x     Document Type: Article

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