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Isometric and Eccentric Force Generation Assessment of Skeletal Muscles Isolated from Murine Models of Muscular Dystrophies
Published on: January 31, 2013
4-Nitrophenylalkaline phosphatase inhibition in muscular dystrophy
A L Goldemberg1, J J Sánchez, A M García
1Dpto. de Biología, Fac. de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Abstract:
The allosteric behaviour of 4-nitrophenylphosphatase from membrane erythrocytes was investigated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients, in female carriers and in healthy controls. Cooperative type kinetics with a Hill coefficient of -2.19, -1.71 and -1.54 has been obtained from the inhibition by fluoride in controls, female carriers and Duchenne patients, respectively. Our observation supports the previously described membrane abnormalities in DMD erythrocytes and may extend then to female carriers.
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