Myotonic dystrophy: Decreased levels of myotonin protein kinase (Mt-PK) leads to apoptosis in muscle cells

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 277-281

  Bhagwati, Satyakam ^a   Leung, Betty ^a   Shafiq, Saiyid A ^a   Ghatpande, Ashwini ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031194913     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6535     Document Type: Article

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