A study of short utrophin isoforms in mice deficient for full-length utrophin

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-60

  Jimenez Mallebrera, Cecilia ^a,c   Davies, Kay ^b   Putt, Wendy ^a   Edwards, Yvonne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DYSTROPHIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN UP103; PROTEIN UP109; PROTEIN UP120; PROTEIN UP140; PROTEIN UP71; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; KIDNEY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEYDIG CELL; LIMB; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; KIDNEY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TESTIS; UTROPHIN;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 12244289646     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-002-3044-z     Document Type: Article

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