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Novel mutations of dystrophin gene in DMD patients detected by rapid scanning in biplex exons DHPLC analysis.
Biomolecular engineering - 1 Jun 2007
Muscarella Lucia Anna, Piemontese Maria Rosaria, Barbano Raffaela, Fazio Antonina, Guarnieri Vito, Quattrone Alessandro, Zelante Leopoldo
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the dystrophin gene result in both Duchenne and Becher muscular dystrophies (DMD and BMD). Approximately 65% of all mutations causing DMD are deletions (60%) or duplications (5%) of large segments of this gene, spanning one exon or more. Due to the large size of the dystrophin gene (79 exons), finding point mutations has been prohibitively expensive and laborious. Recent studies confirm the utility...
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