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  • Becker muscular dystophy: Badly made dystrophin


Dystrophin is a truncated protein which provides a structural link between the muscle cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix to maintain muscle integrity. Mutations in the dystrophin gene cause the Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies.

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