Spatial distribution of β-spectrin in normal and dystrophic human skeletal muscle

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 240-246

  Ehmer, Susanne ^a   Herrmann, Ralf ^b   Bittner, Reginald ^c   Voit, Thomas ^b  

^a Universitatskinderklinik Dusseldorf   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; Spectrin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DYSTROPHIN; FODRIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOWL; FROZEN SECTION; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MONITOR; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCOLEMMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0030870375     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050699     Document Type: Article

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