Dystrophin in the retina

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 547-560

  Schmitz, Frank ^a   Drenckhahn, Detlev ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

CYTOSKELETON; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UTROPHIN;

EID: 0030664666     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(97)00047-6     Document Type: Review

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