Non-toxic ubiquitous over-expression of utrophin in the mdx mouse

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 713-721

  Fisher, Rosie ^a   Tinsley, Jonathon M ^a   Phelps, Steve R ^a   Squire, Sarah E ^a   Townsend, Elizabeth R ^a   Martin, Jo E ^b   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal London Medical College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; mdx mouse; Utrophin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUSE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SARCOLEMMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENE; URINALYSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENES; UP-REGULATION; UTROPHIN;

EID: 0034805152     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(01)00220-6     Document Type: Article

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