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dystrophin

British  
/ ˈdɪstrəfɪn /

noun

  1. a protein, the absence of which is believed to cause muscular dystrophy

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The effects were that muscular dystrophin was alleviated throughout the body.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

The DNA encoding dystrophin is too large to package into the AAVs widely used in gene therapy.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2023

The rare, genetic muscle-wasting disease is caused by a mutation in the gene needed to produce a protein called dystrophin.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2022

His condition stems from a mutation in a gene that provides instructions for making dystrophin, a protein primarily in muscles used for movement and cardiac muscle.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2022

The guide RNAs were designed to trigger production of a missing protein called dystrophin.

From Nature • Feb. 3, 2020