title: Dystrophin and the integrity of the sarcolemma in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
abstract: It is suggested that in Duchenne muscular dystrophy the absence of dystrophin, which is probably a cytoskeletal protein underlying the sarcolemma, causes changes in stretch-activated cation channels rather than direct mechanical tearing of the surface membrane.
authors: Department of Zoology, University of Liverpool, England.
authors: C J
authors: CJ
authors: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016189:Dystrophin; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012508:Sarcolemma / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016189:Dystrophin; D007473:Ion Channels; D009124:Muscle Proteins