Confocal analysis of the dystrophin protein complex in muscular dystrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 262-272

  Draviam, Romesh ^a   Billington, Lynn ^a,b   Senchak, Andy ^b,c   Hoffman, Eric P ^b,c   Watkins, Simon C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mercy Childrens Medical Center   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Dystroglycan; Dystrophin; Merosin; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; SARCOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SARCOGLYCANS;

EID: 0035141941     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200102)24:2<262::AID-MUS120>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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