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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Contractile Proteins > Muscle Proteins > Caveolin 3
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Vesicular Transport Proteins > Caveolins > Caveolin 3

Preferred term

Caveolin 3  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Caveolin-3
  • Caveolin, Muscle
  • M-Caveolin
  • Muscle Caveolin

Scope note

  • A caveolin that is expressed exclusively in MUSCLE CELLS and is sufficient to form CAVEOLAE in SARCOLEMMA. Mutations in caveolin 3 are associated with multiple muscle diseases including DISTAL MYOPATHY and LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.

History note

  • 2006(1996)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D051244

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