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'''Human disease''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchenne_muscular_dystrophy Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy]<br />
 
'''Human disease''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchenne_muscular_dystrophy Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy]<br />
  
Contact: Alessandra Sacco
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Contact: Alessandra Sacco mailto:asacco@sanfordburnham.org
  
 
== mdx/mTR ==
 
== mdx/mTR ==
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'''Human disease''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchenne_muscular_dystrophy Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy]<br />
 
'''Human disease''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchenne_muscular_dystrophy Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy]<br />
  
Contact: Alessandra Sacco
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Contact: Alessandra Sacco mailto:asacco@sanfordburnham.org

Revision as of 18:59, 9 November 2014

This site contains a list of model organisms to study human myopathies. Please feel free to edit/amend the list.

Mdx mutation

MDX mutant mice do not express dystrophin and are used as a model system for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
More information: More information on the mouse model (JAX lab)
Human disease: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Contact: Alessandra Sacco mailto:asacco@sanfordburnham.org

mdx/mTR

MDX mice lacking the RNA component of telomerase (mdx/mTR) have shortened telomeres in muscle cells and severe muscular dystrophy that progressively worsens with age.
Read the publication here.
Human disease: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Contact: Alessandra Sacco mailto:asacco@sanfordburnham.org