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ArticleActa neuropathologica1993

Size and localization of dystrophin molecule: immunoelectron microscopic and freeze etching studies of muscle plasma membranes of murine skeletal myofibers.

Y Wakayama, S Shibuya, T Jimi, A Takeda, H Oniki

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Article in Acta neuropathologica, 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  3. In situ molecular association of dystrophin with actin revealed by sensitized emission immuno-resonance energy transfer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1997
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Y WakayamaDepartment of Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
S Shibuya
T Jimi
A Takeda
H Oniki
Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ultrastructure and mode of existence of the dystrophin molecule and its relations to actin filaments were examined in murine skeletal myofibers. Electron microscopy of freeze-etched replicas of gold-labelled dystrophin molecules in quick-freeze, deep-etch, rotary-shadow preparations revealed rod-like structures 108.2 +/- 16.3 nm long and 3.1 +/- 1.5 nm thick. Some dystrophin molecules appeared to link their ends to form anastomosing networks; others were separate from each other. The dystrophin molecules were parallel or nearly parallel to the inner surface of the muscle plasma membrane. Double immuno-labelling transmission electron microscopy using N- and C-terminal dystrophin antibodies showed that the group mean distances of the N- and C-terminal signals from the muscle plasma membrane were 52.7 +/- 8.1 nm and 45.9 +/- 11.3 nm, respectively, which were not significantly different. Histograms of the distribution of the N- and C-terminal distances from the muscle plasma membrane had similar patterns with peaks 10-20 nm from the membrane. This was consistent with the findings of the mode of existence of dystrophin molecules seen in freeze-etched replicas. Finally, the dystrophin molecules were linked with the most peripheral sarcoplasmic actin like filaments, end to side as well as end to end.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodiesBlotting, WesternCell MembraneDystrophinFreeze EtchingMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Neurologic MutantsMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronMolecular Sequence DataMusclesMuscular Dystrophy, AnimalPeptide FragmentsRabbitsAntibodiesDystrophinPeptide Fragments

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