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Glycosylation defects in inherited muscle disease.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Feb 2003
Hewitt J E, Grewal P K
Abstract excerpt
The gene mutated in the myodystrophy mouse, a model of muscular dystrophy, encodes a putative glycosyltransferase, Large. Mutations in genes encoding proteins thought to be involved in glycosylation have now been identified in six human forms of muscular dystrophy. Hereditary inclusion body myopathy and Nonaka myopathy result from defects in sialic acid production. Two forms of congenital muscular dystrophy,...
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