Identification of the first gene (FRG1) from the FSHD region on human chromosome 4q35

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 581-590

  Van Deutekom, Judith C T ^a   Lemmers, Richard J L F ^a   Grewal, Prabhjit K ^b   Van Geel, Michel ^a,d   Romberg, Silke ^a   Dauwerse, Hans G ^a   Wright, Tracy J ^b,e   Padberg, George W ^c   Hofker, Marten H ^a   Hewitt, Jane E ^b   Frants, Rune R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EXON; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROTEINS; RATS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SHEEP;

EID: 9244232833     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.5.581     Document Type: Article

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