The sparing of extraocular muscle in dystrophinopathy is lost in mice lacking utrophin and dystrophin

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1801-1811

  Porter, J D ^a   Rafael, J A ^b   Ragusa, R J ^c   Brueckner, J K ^c   Trickett, J I ^b   Davies, K E ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystrophin; Extraocular muscle; mdx mice; Muscular dystrophy; Utrophin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROPHIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; UP-REGULATION; UTROPHIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031824850     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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