Molecular and Cell Biology of Muscular Dystrophy (Molecular and Cell Biology of Human Diseases Series Book 3)

Molecular and Cell Biology of Muscular Dystrophy gives a series of accounts of various aspects of the remarkable breakthrough which has been achieved in our understanding of the Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophies and of the consequences and ramifications of this breakthrough. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Molecular human genetics and the Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy gene....Pages 1-11 Genotype/phenotype correlations in Duchenne/Becker dystrophy....Pages 12-36 Molecular genetics and genetic counselling for Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy....Pages 37-84 Inheritance and pathogenicity of myotonic dystrophy....Pages 85-110 Genetic mapping of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy....Pages 111-138 Dystrophin-associated glycoproteins: their possible roles in the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy....Pages 139-166 PCR analysis of muscular dystrophy in mdx mice....Pages 167-189 Cell biology of the satellite cell....Pages 190-209 Molecular and cell biology of skeletal muscle regeneration....Pages 210-256 Molecular mechanisms of muscle damage....Pages 257-282 Human dystrophin gene transfer: genetic correction of dystrophin deficiency....Pages 283-302 Myoblast transplantation in inherited myopathies....Pages 303-331 Back Matter....Pages 333-344