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Aminoglycoside antibiotics restore dystrophin function to skeletal muscles of mdx mice.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 1999
Barton-Davis E R, Cordier L, Shoturma D I, Leland S E, Sweeney H L
Abstract excerpt
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, leading to the absence of the dystrophin protein in striated muscle. A significant number of these mutations are premature stop codons. On the basis of the observation that aminoglycoside treatment can suppress stop codons in cultured cells, we tested the effect of gentamicin on cultured muscle cells from the mdx mouse - an animal...
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