Mutual interference of myotonia and muscular dystrophy in the mouse: A study on ADR-MDX double mutants

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 551-560

  Heimann, Peter ^a   Augustin, Martin ^a,b   Wieneke, Sascha ^a   Heising, Sandra ^a   Jockusch, Harald ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dystrophin; Evans blue; Force generation; Membrane ruptures; Muscular chloride channel (CIC 1); Regeneration; Spontaneous motor activity

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; EVANS BLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CELL PROTECTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; MYOTONIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032477312     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(98)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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