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Dystrophin is a rod-shaped cytoplasmic protein, and a vital part of a protein complex that connects the cytoskeleton of a muscle fiber to the surrounding extracellular matrix through the cell membrane. This complex is variously known as the costamere or the dystrophin-associated protein complex. Many muscle proteins, such as -dystrobrevin, syncoilin, synemin, sarcoglycan, dystroglycan, and sarcospan, colocalize with dystrophin at the costamere. As of 2007, dystrophin has the longest gene...


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How exactly does the protein dystrophin work?
I have DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) which is caused by missing a protein called dystrophin....

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Asked by tacman132 - 17 months ago

Which x-linked recessive disease causes a replacement of the muscle fibers with fat....?
The protein that is involved in this process is... 1) Dystrophin 2) Fribrilin 3) Nemaline

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and also Becker Muscular Dystrophy (two different defects in the same gene on the X chromosome), although the dystrophy and fat replacement is more severe and earlier...

Asked by Noodlehead - 0 month ago

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    Does anyone here works with MLPA? Currently I am working on dystrophin. I need help with my MLPA Does anyone here works with MLPA? Currently I am working on dystrophin. I need help with my...

    Apr 20, 2007

  • AVII - AVI Biopharma Inc - 8 replies

    muscular dystrophy (DMD) dystrophin gene with an ESPRIT compound, Dr. Wilton was able to force the cell dystrophin protein can be made from a DMD gene that would previously have only made a nonfunctional protein

    Sep 30, 2005

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    test and tested for a lot of different things. She mentioned dystrophin (sp?) specificially and also to think of what could sound like dystrophin. I would say call back and ask to speak...

    Apr 25, 2008

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