muscular dystrophies and cardiomyopathies.

Dynamics

Costameres are dynamic structures. Several studies have suggested that costameres are responsive to mechanical, electrical, and chemical stimuli. For instance, mechanical tension is critical in regulating costameric protein expression, stability, and organization, and dystrophin deficient costameres may sense increased mechanical stress and attempt to compensate with filament recruitment.

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