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SUBMITTER: Kerr JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3870721 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kerr Jaclyn P JP Ziman Andrew P AP Mueller Amber L AL Muriel Joaquin M JM Kleinhans-Welte Emily E Gumerson Jessica D JD Vogel Steven S SS Ward Christopher W CW Roche Joseph A JA Bloch Robert J RJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20131203 51
Dysferlinopathies, most commonly limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B and Miyoshi myopathy, are degenerative myopathies caused by mutations in the DYSF gene encoding the protein dysferlin. Studies of dysferlin have focused on its role in the repair of the sarcolemma of skeletal muscle, but dysferlin's association with calcium (Ca(2+)) signaling proteins in the transverse (t-) tubules suggests additional roles. Here, we reveal that dysferlin is enriched in the t-tubule membrane of mature skeletal mu ...[more]