Gailly P, Hermans E, Octave J N, Gillis J M
Department of Physiology, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
FEBS Lett. 1993 Jul 12;326(1-3):272-4. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81806-b.
Parvalbumin mRNA was assayed by Northern blot analysis in muscles from normal and dystropic (mdx) mice. Its content was found to be specifically higher in mdx fast muscles than in control preparations. This suggests an increased expression of the protein in dystrophin-lacking fast fibres. A possible role in calcium homeostasis is discussed.