The cysteine-rich and C-terminal domains of dystrophin are not required for normal costameric localization in the mouse

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-130

  Maconochie, Mark K ^a   Simpkins, Alan H ^a   Damien, Elsie ^a   Coulton, Gary ^b   Greenfield, Andrew J ^a   Brown, Stephen D M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dystrophin localization; Embryonic stem cells; Homologous recombination; In vitro differentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYSTEINE; DYSTROPHIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CHIMERA; CYTOLOGY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUTATION; REPORTER GENE; SARCOLEMMA; STEM CELL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHIMERA; CYSTEINE; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; GENES, REPORTER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SARCOLEMMA; SEQUENCE DELETION; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030111448     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01969430     Document Type: Article

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