Overexpression of dystrobrevin delays locomotion defects and muscle degeneration in a dystrophin-deficient Caenorhabditis elegans

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-377

  Gieseler, Kathrin ^a   Grisoni, Karine ^a   Mariol, Marie Christine ^a   Ségalat, Laurent ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrobrevin; Dystrophin; Nematode

Indexed keywords

DYSTROBREVIN; DYSTROBREVIN LIKE PROTEIN 1; DYSTROPHIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0036227591     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(01)00330-3     Document Type: Article

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