Sampaolesi et al. reply

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7173, 2007, Pages

  Sampaolesi, Maurilio ^a   Blot, Stephane ^b   Bottinelli, Roberto ^c   Cossu, Giulio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

DOG; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 37549041742     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06438     Document Type: Note

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