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dystrophin

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dys·tro·phin (dstr-fn)
n.
A structural protein found in small amounts in normal muscle but absent or present in abnormal amounts in individuals with muscular dystrophy.
Dystrophin
A protein that helps muscle tissue repair itself. Both DMD and BMD are caused by flaws in the gene that instructs the body how to make this protein.
Mentioned in: Muscular Dystrophy
dystrophin
[distrof′in]
a missing or defective protein in Duchenne muscular dystrophy that is localized to the sarcolemma of the muscle cell membrane. Its absence results in abnormal cell permeability, which may lead to cell destruction.
dystrophin
a membrane-associated protein, deficient in some types of muscular dystrophy.


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Since the cloning of the dystrophin gene in the 1980s, (2,3) the identification of its protein product, dystrophin, (4) the complex it forms in muscle, (5) and the mapping of mutations linking several MDs to dystrophin and its associated proteins, we now know a great deal about the genetic basis of these diseases.
The muscular dystrophies: from genes to therapies by Bloch, Robert J. / Physical Therapy
To the genome of a virus that doesn't trigger an immune response or replicate in mice or people, the researchers added the dystrophin gene, the faulty version of which causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Mouse study shows new therapy may reverse muscular dystrophy by Lock, C. / Science News
After four to six weeks, the muscle will be biopsied and examined for molecular evidence of dystrophin production, representing a positive end point.
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