DUX4 activates germline genes, retroelements, and immune mediators: implications for facioscapulohumeral dystrophy.

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Published in Dev Cell on December 29, 2011

Authors

Linda N Geng1, Zizhen Yao, Lauren Snider, Abraham P Fong, Jennifer N Cech, Janet M Young, Silvere M van der Maarel, Walter L Ruzzo, Robert C Gentleman, Rabi Tawil, Stephen J Tapscott

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.

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