Muscular Dystrophy: Brain, as well as brawn?
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Muscular Dystrophy: Brain, as well as brawn?
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.
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00066-2