Differential labelling of laminin α2 in muscle and neural tissue of dy/dy mice: Are there isoforms of the laminin α2 chain?

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-72

  Sewry, C A ^a   Uziyel, Y ^b   Torelli, S ^d   Buchanan, S ^c   Sorokin, L ^b   Cohen, J ^b   Watt, D J ^d  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital muscular dystrophy; dy dy mouse; Laminin; Merosin

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0031950648     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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