Subtle neuromuscular defects in utrophin-deficient mice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 871-882

  Grady, R Mark ^a   Merlie, John P ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROPHIN; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; UTROPHIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031036977     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.4.871     Document Type: Article

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