Mouse Dux is myotoxic and shares partial functional homology with its human paralog DUX4

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 4577-4589

  Eidahl, Jocelyn O ^a   Giesige, Carlee R ^a,b   Domire, Jacqueline S ^a   Wallace, Lindsay M ^a   Fowler, Allison M ^a   Guckes, Susan M ^a   Garwick Coppens, Sara E ^a   Labhart, Paul ^c   Harper, Scott Q ^a,b  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Active Motif   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTOR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DUX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DUX-BL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DUX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DUX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DUX4-S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DUX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DUXA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DUX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS 6; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA BINDING; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE SECTION; UPREGULATION; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; MYCOTOXINS; MYOBLASTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 85014379519     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw287     Document Type: Article

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