Deficiency of a skeletal muscle isoform of α-actinin (α-actinin-3) in merosin-positive congenital muscular dystrophy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-235

  North, Kathryn N ^a,b   Beggs, Alan H ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACTN2; ACTN3; Congenital muscular dystrophy; actinin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA ACTININ 3; DYSTROPHIN; MEROSIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030220198     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8966(96)00361-6     Document Type: Article

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