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Rescue of skeletal muscles of gamma-sarcoglycan-deficient mice with adeno-associated virus-mediated gene transfer.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy - 1 Feb 2000
Cordier L, Hack A A, Scott M O, Barton-Davis E R, Gao G, Wilson J M, McNally E M, Sweeney H L
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In humans, a subset of cases of Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) arise from mutations in the genes encoding one of the sarcoglycan (alpha, beta, gamma, or delta) subunits of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex. While adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a potential gene therapy vector for these d...
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