Utrophin: A structural and functional comparison to dystrophin

Brain Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-47

  Blake, Derek J ^a   Tinsley, Jonathon M ^a   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; UTROPHIN;

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CYTOSKELETON; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029921129     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1996.tb00781.x     Document Type: Review

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