The DNA rearrangement associated with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy involves a heterochromatin-associated repetitive element: Implications for a role of chromatin structure in the pathogenesis of the disease

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• Publication year

  1994

• Venue

  Chromosome Research

• Publication date

  1994-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/BF01553323PMID 8069466
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