Ultrastructure of diaphragm from dystrophic α-sarcoglycan-null mice

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 453-460

  Jakubiec Puka, Anna ^a   Biral, Donatella ^b   Krawczyk, Kazimierz ^a   Betto, Romeo ^b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Muscle ultrastructure; Myopathy; Sarcoglycan deficient mouse; Type 2D limb girdle muscular dystrophy; sarcoglycan

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23644437328     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2005_3459     Document Type: Article

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