Controversies about the function of dystrophin in muscle

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 253-258

  Niebroj Dobosz, Irena ^a   Fidziańska, Anna ^a   Hausmanowa Petrusewicz, Irena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dystrophin; Dystrophin associated proteins; Dystrophinopathies

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYSTROPHIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; OXYGEN RADICAL; UTROPHIN;

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BRAIN; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME 21P; CHROMOSOME XP; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE LOCUS; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SARCOLEMMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0035757910     PISSN: 00283894     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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