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Rybakova, I.N., Patel, J.R., Yurchenco, P.D., Davies, K.E. and Ervasti, J.M. (2002) Utrophin binds laterally along actin filaments and can couple costameric actin with sarcolemma when overexpressed in dystrophin-deficient muscle. Mol. Biol. Cell 13:1512-1521 (Published online February 28, 2002, DOI 10.1091/mbc01-09-0446). PDF

 

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Ervasti, J.M. (2007) Dystrophin, its interactions with other proteins, and implications for muscular dystrophy. BBA Molec. Basis Dis. 1772:108-117 (Published online June 7, 2006 DOI 10.1016/j.bbadis.2006.05.010). PDF

 

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Prins K.W., Lowe D.A. and Ervasti, J.M. (2008) Skeletal muscle-specific ablation of γcyto-actin does not exacerbate the mdx phenotype. PLoS One 3:e2419. PDF

 

Bunnell, T.M., Jaeger M.A., Fitzsimons, D.P., Prins, K.W. and Ervasti, J.M. (2008) Destabilization of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex without functional deficits in α-dystrobrevin null muscle PLoS One 3:e2604. PDF

 

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