Identification of a zebrafish model of muscular dystrophy

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 537-540

  Bassett, David ^a   Currie, Peter D ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dystrophin; Muscle; Muscular dystrophy; Mutant; Zebrafisb

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DYSTROPHIN; SIGNALING LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION MOLECULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UTROPHIN;

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE MODEL; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; MUTATION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 4143130939     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2004.04030.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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