Article
Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the fukutin gene.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Cao H, Yuen J, Hegele R A
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the LMNA gene, which encodes nuclear lamins A and C, underlie both Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EMD2) and Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD). This indicates that one gene can cause different phenotypes characterized by tissue degeneration. The gene for one form of Berardinelli-Seip-type congenital total lipodystrophy (BSCL) has been mapped to chromosome 9q34. Based on the...
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