IDENTIFICATION OF MUSCLE-SPECIFIC CALPAIN AND BETA-SARCOGLYCAN GENES IN PROGRESSIVE AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHIES

Authors
BECKMANN JS RICHARD I BROUX O FOUGEROUSSE F ALLAMAND V CHIANNILKULCHAI N LIM LE DUCLOS F BOURG N BRENGUIER L PASTURAUD P QUETIER F ROUDAUT C SUNADA Y MEYER J DINCER P LEFRANC G MERLINI L TOPALOGLU H TOME FMS COHEN D JACKSON CE CAMPBELL KP FARDEAU M
Citation
Js. Beckmann et al., IDENTIFICATION OF MUSCLE-SPECIFIC CALPAIN AND BETA-SARCOGLYCAN GENES IN PROGRESSIVE AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHIES, Neuromuscular disorders, 6(6), 1996, pp. 455-462
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuromuscular disorders → ACNP
ISSN journal
09608966
Volume
6
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
455 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-8966(1996)6:6<455:IOMCAB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The autosomal recessive forms of limb-girdle muscular dystrophies are encoded by at least five distinct genes. The work performed towards th e identification of two of these is summarized in this report. This su ccess illustrates the growing importance of genetics in modern nosolog y.