DYSTROPHIN


Meaning of DYSTROPHIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdis-trə-ˌfin ]

noun

Etymology: dystrophy + -in (I)

Date: 1987

: a protein that is associated with a transmembrane complex of skeletal muscle cells and that is absent in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and deficient or defective in Becker muscular dystrophy

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