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Sarcospan

• Last Edited: 1 May 2009
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Sarcospan, a little protein for a big problem The overlooked and undervalued protein, sarcospan, just got its moment in the spotlight. Peter et al. now show that adding it to muscle cells might am...

Tags: sarcospan, membrane, utrophin, cell.

Upregulation of utrophin to replace dystrophin.

• Last Edited: 8 Jul 2009
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Utrophin is a protein with a structure and function very similar to dystrophin. In humans, its gene is located on chromosome 6, has 75 exons, and is about one million base pairs long. Utrophin is ...

Tags: Dystrophin, utrophin, membrane.