Characterization of 65 epitope-specific dystrophin monoclonal antibodies in canine and murine models of duchenne muscular dystrophy by immunostaining and western blot

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Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Kodippili, Kasun ^a   Vince, Lauren ^a   Shin, Jin Hong ^a,c   Yue, Yongping ^a   Morris, Glenn E ^b   McIntosh, Mark A ^a   Duan, Dongsheng ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYSTROPHIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; HEART; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; DYSTROPHIN; EPITOPES; EXONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 84895769321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088280     Document Type: Article

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