Contractile properties of diaphragm muscle segments from old mdx and old transgenic mdx mice

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 6 41-6, 1997, Pages

  Lynch, Gordon S ^a,d   Rafael, Jill A ^b   Hinkle, Richard T ^a   Cole, Neil M ^a   Chamberlain, Jeffrey S ^b   Faulkner, John A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Force; Gene therapy; Muscular dystrophy; Power; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030791038     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.272.6.c2063     Document Type: Article

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