title: Costameres mediate force transduction in healthy skeletal muscle and are altered  in muscular dystrophies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.forename: Mcrae
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: González-Serratos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018101:Mice, Inbred mdx; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*