Dystrophin is a rod-shaped cytoplasmic protein, and a vital part of a protein complex that connects the cytoskeleton of a muscle fiber to the surrounding extracellular matrix through the cell membrane. This complex is variously known as the costamere or the dystrophin-associated protein complex.he dystrophin gene is one of the longest human genes known, covering 2.5 megabases (0.08% of the human genome) at locus Xp21.
Bethesda is a census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, just northwest of the United States capital of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem 's Pool of Bethesda.
Share |. Map showing Location Map of Washington DC in District of Columbia, US map. Washington DC is the capital city of the United States located on the north bank of the Potomac River and shares border with the states of Virginia in the southwest and with Maryland in the other sides.The DC refers District of Columbia.oreover, Washington D.C. hosts 174 foreign embassies along with the headquarters of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).