Molecular mechanisms of muscular dystrophies
By: [edited by] Steve J. Winder.
Contributors: Winder, Steve J.
Series: Molecular biology intelligence unit; Molecular biology intelligence unit (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Landes Bioscience : Eurekah.com
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Georgetown, Tex
Language: eng
Subjects: Muscular dystrophy -- Molecular aspects.; Dystrophin -- genetics.; Muscular Dystrophies -- genetics.; Dystrophin-Associated Proteins -- genetics.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Structure and function of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex / James M. Ervasti; title: The structure and function of dystrophin / Anne Abmayr and Jeff Chamberlain; title: Utrophin in the therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Qing Bai, Edward A. Burton and Kay E. Davies; title: Syntrophin: a molecular adaptor conferring a signaling role to the dystrophin-associated protein complex / Justin M. Percival, Marvin E. Adams and Stanley C. Froehner; title: Molecular and functional diversity of dystrobrevin-containing complexes / Derek J. Blake and Roy V. Sillitoe; title: Commonalities and differences in muscular dystrophies: mechanisms and molecules involved in merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy / Markus A. Ruegg; title: Glycosylation and muscular dystrophy / Susan C. Brown and Francesco Muntoni; title: Overview of the limb-girdle muscular dystrophies and dysferlinopathy / Kate M.D. Bushby and S.H. Laval; title: Caveolin-3 and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy / Ferruccio Galbiati and Michael P. Lisanti; title: The sarcoglycans / Elizabeth M. McNally; title: Sarcomeric proteins in LGMD / Olli Carpon; title: Lamins and emerin in muscular dystrophy: the nuclear envelope connection / Josef Gotzmann and Roland Foisner; title: Distinct mechanisms downstream of the repeat expansion are implicated in the molecular basis of myotonic dystrophy type 1 / Keith Johnson and Rami Jarjour; title: Spinal muscular atrophy / Robert Olaso ... [et al.]; title: The pathophysiological role of impaired calcium handling in muscular dystrophy / Kay Ohlendieck; title: Cell adhesion and signalling in the muscular dystrophies / Steve J. Winder; title: Gene therapies for muscular dystrophies / Dominic J. Wells; title: Cell therapies for muscular dystrophy / Terence A. Partridge.