Could utrophin rescue the myocardium of patients with dystrophin gene mutations?

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1501-1508

  Fanin, Marina ^a   Melacini, Paola ^a   Angelini, Corrado ^a   Danieli, Gian Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Dystrophin; Dystrophin associated proteins; Muscular dystrophy; Utrophin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; UTROPHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033179005     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1999.0987     Document Type: Article

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