In vivo expression of myosin essential light chain using plasmid expression vectors in regenerating frog skeletal muscle

Gene Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-357

  Robinson, D A ^a   Bremner, S N ^a   Sethi, K ^a   Sirsi, S R ^b   Lutz, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiotoxin; Motor protein; Regeneration; Transient transgenesis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTOXIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; EPITOPE; ISOPROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PLASMID VECTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSGENICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PLASMIDS; RANA PIPIENS; REGENERATION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 14644444161     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302411     Document Type: Article

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