Utrophin mRNA expression in muscle is not restricted to the neuromuscular junction

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 229-242

  Vater, Ruth ^b   Young, Carol ^b   Anderson, Louise V B ^b   Lindsay, Susan ^b   Blake, Derek J ^a   Davies, Kay E ^a   Zuellig, Richard ^a   Slater, Clarke R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 6844249626     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1998.0661     Document Type: Article

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