Mutations of calpain 3 gene in patients with sporadic limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in Japan.

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Mutations of the calpain 3 gene, an intracellular calcium-activated neutral protease, is one of the causes of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD). We examined 14 Japanese patients with sporadic LGMD for calpain 3 mutations, and found four mutations in five patients. Three (R461C, D707G and R147P) were novel missense mutations, and one was a splice-site mutation (801+1g-->a) resulting in skipping of exons 4 and...

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