Rabbit brain and muscle isoforms containing the carboxy-terminal domain of 427 kDa skeletal muscle dystrophin exhibit similar biochemical properties

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-28

  Finn, Denise M ^a   Ohlendieck, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain dystrophin Dp116; Dystroglycan; Dystrophin; Dystrophin associated glycoproteins; Membrane cytoskeleton; Sarcoglycan

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS;

EID: 0031037806     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13333-X     Document Type: Article

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