System-level analysis of genes mutated in muscular dystrophies reveals a functional pattern associated with muscle weakness distribution.

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Muscular dystrophies (MDs) are inherited genetic diseases causing weakness and degeneration of muscles. The distribution of muscle weakness differs between MDs, involving distal muscles or proximal muscles. While the mutations in most of the MD-associated genes lead to either distal or proximal onset, there are also genes whose mutations can cause both types of onsets. We hypothesized that the genes associated...

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