Age-related conversion of dystrophin-negative to -positive fiber segments of skeletal but not cardiac muscle fibers in heterozygote mdx mice

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 96-105

  Zubrzycka Gaarn, Elizabeth E ^b   Bulman, Dennis E ^b   Ray, Peter N ^b   Worton, Ronald G ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Cells; Dystrophin; Heterozygotes; Mdx dystrophy; Muscle; Muscle satellite; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEREDITY; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE CELL;

AGING; ANIMAL; DYSTROPHIN; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; PEDIGREE; REGENERATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THIGH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0025266321     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199003000-00002     Document Type: Article

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