Dystrophin and utrophin do not play crucial roles in nonmuscle tissues in mice

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 517-519

  Rafael, Jill A ^a   Trickett, Jeffrey I ^a   Potter, Allyson C ^a   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dp71; Dystrophin; Isoforms; mdx(3cv); Utrophin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROPHIN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; UTROPHIN;

EID: 0032913091     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199904)22:4<517::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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