Myotonic dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy protein kinase

Progress in Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-251

  Ueda, Hideho ^a   Ohno, Shinichi ^a   Kobayashi, Takayoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Nakano General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ homeostasis; Cardiac muscle; Double immunofluorescent labeling; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Isoforms of DMPK; Location in central nervous system; Multisystemic disorders; Muscular dystrophies; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 0034567380     PISSN: 00796336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6336(00)80002-9     Document Type: Article

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