Comparative analysis of the human dystrophin and utrophin gene structures

Genetics

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 793-798

  Pozzoli, Uberto ^a   Sironi, Manuela ^a   Cagliani, Rachele ^a   Comi, Giacomo P ^b   Bardoni, Alessandra ^a   Bresolin, Nereo ^a,b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; SPECTRIN; UTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SPLICING; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROPHIN; HUMANS; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RNA SPLICE SITES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UTROPHIN;

EID: 0036189829     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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