Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is one of a group of genetically heterogeneous muscular dystrophies that are characterized by progressive weakness and wasting of skeletal muscle. Loss of myofibres occurs in response to a deficiency of dystrophin, a protein which is believed to be responsible for myofibre maintenance and integrity. Dystrophin forms a link between the cytoskeleton and the membrane-spanning dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex (DAPC), indicative of a structural role for dystrophin.