Differential expression of utrophin-A and -B promoters in the central nervous system (CNS) of normal and dystrophic mdx mice

Brain Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-342

  Baby, Santhosh M ^a   Bogdanovich, Sasha ^a   Willmann, Gabriel ^b   Basu, Utpal ^a   Lozynska, Olga ^a   Khurana, Tejvir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; DMD; Dystrophin; Mdx mice; Utrophin A and B promoters

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN; UTROPHIN A; UTROPHIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN REGION; CAPILLARY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EPENDYMA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICRODISSECTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; PIA MATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DIAPHRAGM; DYSTROPHIN; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MYOCARDIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; UTROPHIN;

EID: 75949101674     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2009.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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