Article
[Molecular genetics of Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Sept 1993
Saito K, Ikeya K, Kondo E, Yamauchi A, Komine S, Fukuyama Y
Abstract excerpt
The X-linked gene responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)/Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) encodes dystrophin, a high-molecular-weight cytoskeletal protein. The identification of the dystrophin gene through positional cloning, and the subsequent description of its protein product have opened several new fields of research and genetic diagnosis. Studies in our laboratory revealed that 26 out of 47 (55%)...
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