A beta-spectrin isoform from Drosophila (beta H) is similar in size to vertebrate dystrophin.

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Published in J Cell Biol on November 01, 1990

Authors

R R Dubreuil1, T J Byers, C T Stewart, D P Kiehart

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1: Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

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