An agrin minigene rescues dystrophic symptoms in a mouse model for congenital muscular dystrophy.

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Published in Nature on September 20, 2001

Authors

J Moll1, P Barzaghi, S Lin, G Bezakova, H Lochmüller, E Engvall, U Müller, M A Ruegg

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1: Department of Pharmacology/Neurobiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.

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