Melanocytes: a new potential tool to study and monitoring Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Dystrophin is a subsarcolemmal protein critical for the integrity of muscle fibers by linking the actin cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix via the dystroglycan complex. It is reported that dystroglycans are also localized in the skin, at dermal-epidermal junction. Here we show that epidermal m...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | en |
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Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
2013
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| Online Access: | http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5149/ |