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         The aesthetic alchemy of life

April 16, 2010

Dystrophin

Filed under: BB399H @ 8:53 pm

The folding of the alpha helices was aesthetically appealing when I first saw it. So… I’m not a hundred percent sure I am really happy with this protein but I thought it’s function is pretty sweet. The protein deals with muscular dystrophy. The deficiency of this protein is the root cause of it according to wiki. Let’s hope it’s right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystrophin



1 Comment »

  1.   phil — April 19, 2010 @ 9:28 am    

    http://faculty.irsc.edu/FACULTY/TFischer/AP1/dystrophin.jpg

    http://compbio.berkeley.edu/people/ed/rust/Dystrophin.html

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