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Deep characterization of a common D4Z4 variant identifies biallelic DUX4 expression as a modifier fo...

Deep characterization of a common D4Z4 variant identifies biallelic DUX4 expression as a modifier fo...

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Deep characterization of a common D4Z4 variant identifies biallelic DUX4 expression as a modifier for disease penetrance in FSHD2

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Deep characterization of a common D4Z4 variant identifies biallelic DUX4 expression as a modifier for disease penetrance in FSHD2

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England: Nature Publishing Group

Journal title

European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2018-01, Vol.26 (1), p.94-106

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English

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England: Nature Publishing Group

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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is caused by incomplete repression of the transcription factor DUX4 in skeletal muscle as a consequence of D4Z4 macrosatellite repeat contraction in chromosome 4q35 (FSHD1) or variants in genes encoding D4Z4 chromatin repressors (FSHD2). A clinical hallmark of FSHD is variability in onset and progression sugge...

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Deep characterization of a common D4Z4 variant identifies biallelic DUX4 expression as a modifier for disease penetrance in FSHD2

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5838976

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5838976

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ISSN

1018-4813

E-ISSN

1476-5438

DOI

10.1038/s41431-017-0015-0

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