Codon and mRNA sequence optimization of microdystrophin transgenes improves expression and physiological outcome in dystrophic mdx mice following AAV2/8 gene transfer.

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Published in Mol Ther on September 02, 2008

Authors

Helen Foster1, Paul S Sharp, Takis Athanasopoulos, Capucine Trollet, Ian R Graham, Keith Foster, Dominic J Wells, George Dickson

Author Affiliations

1: SWAN Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway-University of London, Egham, UK.

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