the intramembrane particle ( imp ) profile of control and dystrophic ( bio 14.6 ) hamster cardiac muscle plasma membrane was assessed in freeze-fracture replicas to determine whether this animal model of muscular dystrophy exhibits the same membrane characteristics found in skeletal muscle from other more thoroughly studied dystrophic animals , and to test the hypothesis that the plasma membrane of the cardiac muscle cell is the site of a defect associated with the disease .
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cardiac muscle
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cardiac