Article
New mdx mutation disrupts expression of muscle and nonmuscle isoforms of dystrophin.
Nature genetics - 1 May 1993
Cox G A, Phelps S F, Chapman V M, Chamberlain J S
Abstract excerpt
The dystrophin gene encodes several tissue-specific protein isoforms that are generated by alternative splicing and by transcription from at least three separate promoters. We have characterized the mutation in a new strain of mdx mice that results in aberrant splicing of both the 14 and 4.8 kilobase dystrophin mRNAs and disrupts expression of the muscle and brain 427K and nonmuscle 70K isoforms of dystrophin. In...
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