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Characterization of a Dmd (EGFP) reporter mouse as a tool to investigate dystrophin expression.
Skeletal muscle - 1 Jan 2016
Petkova Mina V, Morales-Gonzales Susanne, Relizani Karima, Gill Esther, Seifert Franziska, Radke Josefine, Stenzel Werner, Garcia Luis, Amthor Helge, Schuelke Markus
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BACKGROUND: Dystrophin is a rod-shaped cytoplasmic protein that provides sarcolemmal stability as a structural link between the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix via the dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC). Mutations in the dystrophin-encoding DMD gene cause X-linked dystrophinopathies with variable phenotypes, the most severe being Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) characterized by progressive...
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