Expression, regulation and localisation of dystrophin isoforms in human foetal skeletal and cardiac muscle

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 541-551

  Torelli, Silvia ^a,b   Ferlini, Alessandra ^a   Obici, Laura ^a   Sewry, Caroline ^a,c   Muntoni, Francesco ^a  

^a Neuromuscular Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac muscle; Developmental regulation; Dystrophin; Gene expression; Isoforms; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; FETUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0032742434     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(99)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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