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Molecular anatomy of CTG expansion in myotonin protein kinase gene among myotonic dystrophy patients from eastern India.
Human mutation - 1 Oct 2000
Basu P, Gangopadhaya P K, Mukherjee S C, Das S K, Sinha K K, Bhattacharyya N P
Abstract excerpt
We have studied the CTG repeat sizes in the DMPK gene and six biallelic markers which are in complete linkage disequlibrium with Caucasian DM patients, to identify any common founder haplotype in 30 clinically diagnosed unrelated DM patients from eastern India. Our results revealed that in 27 patients (90%), CTG expansion took place on a DraIII(-) - HhaI(-) - Alu(+) - HinfI(+) - Fnu4H I(-) - TaqI(+) haplotype...
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