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Deletion of Murine <i>SMN</i> Exon 7 Directed to Skeletal Muscle Leads to Severe Muscular Dystrophy
5 Mar 2001
Abstract excerpt
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is characterized by degeneration of motor neurons of the spinal cord associated with muscle paralysis and caused by mutations of the survival motor neuron gene (SMN). To determine whether SMN gene defect in skeletal muscle might have a role in SMA pathogenesis, deletion of murine SMN exon 7, the most frequent mutation found in SMA, has been restricted to skeletal muscle by using the...
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