Distal mdx muscle groups exhibiting up-regulation of utrophin and rescue of dystrophin-associated glycoproteins exemplify a protected phenotype in muscular dystrophy

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-78

  Dowling, Paul ^a   Culligan, Kevin ^a   Ohlendieck, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; UTROPHIN;

MEDICINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSTROPHIN; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES; UTROPHIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036188005     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-001-0289-4     Document Type: Article

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