Muscular dystrophy. Brain, as well as brawn?

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00066-2

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Muscular dystrophy. Brain, as well as brawn?

Current biology : CB - 1 Apr 1995

Bloom T

Abstract excerpt

Mutations in the dystrophin gene can lead to muscular dystrophy. The dystrophin-associated complex of proteins that was first characterized at the muscle cell membrane is now also being found in other cell types.

Topics

Animals
Brain
Cell Membrane
Cytoskeletal Proteins
Dystroglycans
Dystrophin
Humans
Membrane Glycoproteins
Muscles
Mutation
Nervous System

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