Ultrastructural localization of adhalin, α-dystroglycan and merosin in normal and dystrophic muscle

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-37

  Cullen, M J ^a   Walsh, J ^a   Roberds, S L ^b   Campbell, K P ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhalin; Duchenne dystrophy; Dystrophin; Merosin; dystroglycan

Indexed keywords

ADHALIN; DYSTROPHIN; LAMININ; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030019852     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1996.tb00843.x     Document Type: Article

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