@article {2962,
	title = {Nuclear lamins, diseases and aging.},
	journal = {Curr Opin Cell Biol},
	volume = {18},
	number = {3},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006 Jun},
	pages = {335-41},
	abstract = {Nuclear lamins are type V intermediate filament proteins. They are the major building blocks of the peripheral nuclear lamina, a complex meshwork of proteins underlying the inner nuclear membrane. In addition to providing nuclear shape and mechanical stability, they are required for chromatin organization, transcription regulation, DNA replication, nuclear assembly and nuclear positioning. Over the past few years, interest in the lamins has increased because of the identification of at least 12 distinct human diseases associated with mutations in the LMNA gene, which encodes A-type lamins. These diseases, collectively termed laminopathies, affect muscle, adipose, bone, nerve and skin cells and range from muscular dystrophies to accelerated aging.},
	keywords = {Aging, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cell Nucleus, Genetic Diseases, Inborn, Humans, Intermediate Filament Proteins, Lamin Type A, Lamins, Models, Biological, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation},
	issn = {0955-0674},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ceb.2006.03.007},
	author = {Mattout, Anna and Dechat, Thomas and Adam, Stephen A and Goldman, Robert D and Gruenbaum, Yosef}
}
