Characterization of dystrophin and utrophin diversity in the mouse

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 593-599

  Lumeng, Carey N ^a   Phelps, Stephanie F ^a   Rafael, Jill A ^a   Cox, Greg A ^a   Hutchinson, Tressia L ^a   Begy, Catherine R ^a   Adkins, Erika ^a   Wiltshire, Rodney ^a   Chamberlain, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UTROPHIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SARCOLEMMA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033066109     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.4.593     Document Type: Article

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