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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the nuclear lamina proteome.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Hegele R A, Yuen J, Cao H
Abstract excerpt
Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) has been shown to be due to mutations in the LMNA gene encoding nuclear lamins A and C, indicating that defective structure of the nuclear envelope can produce this unique phenotype. Some patients with inherited partial lipodystrophy have normal LMNA coding, promoter, and 3'-untranslated region sequences. This suggests that the FPLD phenotype is genetically heterogeneous....
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