Definition of dystrophin in English:
dystrophin
noundɪsˈtrəʊfɪndisˈtrōfin
mass nounBiochemistry A protein found in skeletal muscle, which is absent in sufferers from muscular dystrophy.
count noun comparison of these regions and the dystrophins
Example sentencesExamples
- The hallmark of muscular dystrophy is that muscle cells die due to a lack of the muscle protein dystrophin.
- Our results suggest that the different binding modes of dystrophin may be regulated more by the structural state of the actin filament than by the isoform involved.
- However, in vitro studies have failed to detect any bundling of actin by either intact dystrophin or Dys - 246.
- Muscle-generating stem cells can improve muscle regeneration and deliver the missing protein dystrophin to damaged muscles in a mouse muscular dystrophy model, according to a recent study.
- It too is caused by insufficient production of dystrophin.