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The nuclear envelope in muscular dystrophy and cardiovascular diseases.
Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark) - 1 Oct 2001
Burke B, Mounkes L C, Stewart C L
Abstract excerpt
Considerable interest has been focused on the nuclear envelope in recent years following the realization that several human diseases are linked to defects in genes encoding nuclear envelope specific proteins, most notably A-type lamins and emerin. These disorders, described as laminopathies or nuclear envelopathies, include both X-linked and autosomal dominant forms of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, dilated...
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