Defective muscle basement membrane and lack of M-laminin in the dystrophic dy/dy mouse.

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M-laminin is a major member of the laminin family of basement membrane proteins. It is prominently expressed in striated muscle and peripheral nerve. M-laminin is deficient in patients with the autosomal recessive Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy but is normal in patients with the sex-linked Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies. We have examined M-laminin expression in mice with autosomal recessive...

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