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Sarcoglycans

Known as: Sarcoglycans [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A family of transmembrane dystrophin-associated proteins that play a role in the membrane association of the DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN COMPLEX.
National Institutes of Health

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In BloodMuscular Dystrophies, Limb-GirdleProcess of secretionSarcoglycan Complexes

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alpha-Sarcoglycanbeta-Sarcoglycandelta-Sarcoglycanepsilon-Sarcoglycan

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in the Netherlands: Gene defect identified in half the families
Pheno- and genotype correlation is attempted in a Dutch cross-sectional study on limb- girdle muscular dystrophy. Sarcoglycans… 
2004
2004
Identification and characterization of epsilon-sarcoglycans in the central nervous system.
Alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-sarcoglycans (SGs) are transmembrane glycoprotein components of the dystrophin-associated… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Abnormal Dysbindin Expression in Cerebellar Mossy Fiber Synapses in the mdx Mouse Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
The dystrophin-associated protein complex (DPC), comprising sarcoglycans, dystroglycans, dystrobrevins, and syntrophins, is a… 
2003
2003
Sarcoglycans in Human Skeletal Muscle and Human Cardiac Muscle: A Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Study
Sarcoglycans are a subcomplex of transmembrane proteins which are part of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex. They are expressed… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Protein defects in neuromuscular diseases.
  • M. VainzofM. Zatz
  • Brazilian journal of medical and biological…
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 7466589
Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of genetically determined progressive disorders of the muscle with a primary or… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Biochemical Characterization of the Epithelial Dystroglycan Complex*
Dystroglycan is a widely expressed extracellular matrix receptor that plays a critical role in basement membrane formation… 
1999
1999
Further evidence for the organisation of the four sarcoglycans proteins within the dystrophin–glycoprotein complex
Based on the pattern of distribution of the SG proteins in patients with LGMD2C and 2D, and on the observed decreased abundance… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Functional roles of dystrophin and of associated proteins. New insights for the sarcoglycans
Abstract The discovery of the dystrophin gene, whose mutations lead to Duchenne's and Becker's muscular dystrophy (DMD and BMD… 
1998
1998
Abnormalities of dystrophin, the sarcoglycans, and laminin alpha2 in the muscular dystrophies.
Abnormalities of dystrophin, the sarcoglycans, and laminin alpha2 are responsible for a subset of the muscular dystrophies. In… 
1996
1996
Abnormalities in alpha-, beta- and gamma-sarcoglycan in patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.
We have identified 12 cases from a group of 45 patients with early onset limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), who have a… 
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