Utrophin is a regeneration-associated protein transiently present at the sarcolemma of regenerating skeletal muscle fibers in dystrophin-deficient hypertrophic feline muscular dystrophy

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 780-790

  Lin, S ^a   Gaschen, F ^a   Burgunder, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Desmin; Dystrophin; Dystrophin associated proteins (DAPs); Hypertrophic feline muscular dystrophy (HFMD); Muscle regeneration; Myosin heavy chain developmental isoform (MHCd); Utrophin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; DYSTROPHIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; SARCOGLYCAN; UTROPHIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031871131     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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