Open AccessSarcospan, a little protein for a big problem
Author(s) -
Richard Robinson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1833iti2
Subject(s) - biology , infiltration (hvac) , membrane , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics , biochemistry , materials science , composite material
![Graphic][1] Unstable muscle membranes in the mdx mouse (top), indicated by infiltration of a dye, are stabilized by sarcospan (bottom). The overlooked and undervalued protein, sarcospan, just got its moment in the spotlight. [Peter et al.][2] now show that adding it to muscle
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