X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy and the dystrophin gene

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 339-346

  Ferlini, Alessandra ^a   Sewry, Caroline ^b,c   Melis, Maria Antonietta ^c   Mateddu, Anna ^d   Muntoni, Francesco ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ist Clin Biol Dell' Eta' E   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac muscle; Dystrophin gene; Epitope; Exon; Intron; Protein domain; Skeletal muscle; Splicing

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DYSTROPHIN; SPECTRIN; UTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DYSTROPHIN; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SARCOGLYCANS; SARCOLEMMA; UTROPHIN; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032966762     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(99)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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