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Dystroglycan matrix receptor function in cardiac myocytes is important for limiting activity-induced myocardial damage.
Circulation research - 6 Nov 2009
Michele Daniel E, Kabaeva Zhyldyz, Davis Sarah L, Weiss Robert M, Campbell Kevin P
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RATIONALE: Genetic mutations in a number of putative glycosyltransferases lead to the loss of glycosylation of dystroglycan and loss of its laminin-binding activity in genetic forms of human muscular dystrophy. Human patients and glycosylation defective myd mice develop cardiomyopathy with loss o...
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