Profound human/mouse differences in alpha-dystrobrevin isoforms: A novel syntrophin-binding site and promoter missing in mouse and rat

BMC Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Böhm, Sabrina V ^a   Constantinou, Panayiotis ^a   Tan, Sipin ^a   Jin, Hong ^a   Roberts, Roland G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DYSTROBREVIN; DYSTROPHIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; SYNTROPHIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73249128249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-7-85     Document Type: Article

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