Up-regulation of the brain and Purkinje-cell forms of dystrophin transcripts, in Becker muscular dystrophy [8]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1555-1558

  Nakamura, A ^a   Ikeda, S I ^a   Yazaki, M ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Kobayashi, O ^a   Yanagisawa, N ^a   Takeda, S ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PURKINJE CELL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0030908641     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9297(07)64253-0     Document Type: Letter

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