Heart function in mouse models of muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disease caused, in most cases, by the complete absence of the 427 kD cytoskeletal protein, dystrophin. Without dystrophin, the dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC) does not form and the plasma membrane is destabilised. There is no...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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