Direct dystrophin and reporter gene transfer into dog muscle in vivo

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-165

  McC Howell, John ^a,b   Fletcher, Susan ^b   O'Hara, Amanda ^a   Johnsen, Russell D ^b   Lloyd, Frances ^b   Kakulas, Byron A ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dogs; Gene therapy; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0031914607     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199802)21:2<159::AID-MUS2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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