title: Muscular dystrophy. Brain, as well as brawn?
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D049030:Dystroglycans; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D009420:Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C483081:DAG1 protein, human; D016189:Dystrophin; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D049030:Dystroglycans