Abnormal myotonic dystrophy protein kinase levels produce only mild myopathy in mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 316-324

  Jansen, Gert ^a,f   Groenen, Patricia J T A ^a   Bächner, Dietmar ^b   Jap, Paul H K ^a   Coerwinkel, Marga ^a   Oerlemans, Frank ^a   Van Den Broek, Walther ^a   Gohlsch, Bärbel ^c   Pette, Dirk ^c   Plomp, Jaap J ^d   Molenaar, Peter C ^d   Nederhoff, Marcel G J ^e   Van Echteld, Cees J A ^e   Dekker, Marleen ^f   Berns, Anton ^f   Hameister, Horst ^b   Wieringa, Bé ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARDIOMEGALY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 8944235350     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0796-316     Document Type: Article

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