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.
Homefacts City Report. Bethesda is located in Montgomery County, MD. The population is 61,560, making Bethesda the 5th largest city in Montgomery County. There are 17 public schools in Bethesda with an average Homefacts rating of A. The total crime rate for Bethesda is low, and there are 11 registered sex offenders residing in the city.