Remodeling of the chromatin structure of the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) locus and upregulation of FSHD-related gene 1 (<it>FRG1</it>) expression during human myogenic differentiation
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder associated with the partial deletion of integral numbers of 3.3 kb D4Z4 DNA repeats within the subtelomere of chromosome 4q. A number of ca...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-07-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/7/41 |