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The nuclear lamina and inherited disease.
Trends in cell biology - 1 Dec 2002
Worman Howard J, Courvalin Jean-Claude
Abstract excerpt
Inherited disorders of the nuclear lamina present some of the most intriguing puzzles in cell biology. Mutations in lamin A and lamin C - nuclear intermediate filament proteins that are expressed in nearly all somatic cells - cause tissue-specific diseases that affect striated muscle, adipose tissue and peripheral nerve or skeletal development. Recent studies provide clues about how different mutations in these...
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