Heregulin ameliorates the dystrophic phenotype in mdx mice.
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal neuromuscular disease caused by absence of dystrophin. Utrophin is a chromosome 6-encoded dystrophin-related protein (DRP), sharing functional motifs with dystrophin. Utrophin's ability to compensate for dystrophin during development and when...
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Aineistotyyppi: | Journal article |
Kieli: | English |
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2004
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