The mdx mouse model as a surrogate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

FEBS Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4177-4186

  Partridge, Terence A ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

developmental differences; double mutants; effects of scale; growth differences; inter species translation; lifespan; murine disease model; muscular dystrophy; pharmacological variation; preclinical research

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7;

ANIMAL MODEL; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; DISEASE MARKER; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT, MASS AND SIZE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCES; DOUBLE MUTANTS; EFFECTS OF SCALE; GROWTH DIFFERENCES; INTER-SPECIES TRANSLATION; LIFESPAN; MURINE DISEASE MODEL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PHARMACOLOGICAL VARIATION; PRECLINICAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

MURINAE;

EID: 84882662040     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12267     Document Type: Review

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