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Development of a genomic DNA reference material panel for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) genetic testing.
The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD - 1 Jul 2013
Kalman Lisa, Tarleton Jack, Hitch Monica, Hegde Madhuri, Hjelm Nick, Berry-Kravis Elizabeth, Zhou Lili, Hilbert James E, Luebbe Elizabeth A, Moxley Richard T, Toji Lorraine
Abstract excerpt
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by expansion of a CTG triplet repeat in the 3' untranslated region of the DMPK gene that encodes a serine-threonine kinase. Patients with larger repeats tend to have a more severe phenotype. Clinical laboratories require reference and quality control materials for DM1 diagnostic and carrier genetic testing. Well-characterized reference materials are not available. To...
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