dystrophin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The effects were that muscular dystrophin was alleviated throughout the body.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
But because the gene for the missing dystrophin protein is so large, a smaller version of the gene is used.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023
Because of a mutation in the gene for dystrophin, DMD patients lack functioning copies of the huge protein that serves as a shock absorber inside muscle fiber cells.
From Science Magazine • May 23, 2023
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
When a mutation causes the loss of functional dystrophin, muscles progressively deteriorate and then die.
From Nature • Oct. 15, 2019
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