Novel point mutations in the dystrophin gene

Human Mutation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 217-222

  Sitnik, Roberta ^a   Campiotto, Simone ^a   Vainzof, Mariz ^a   Pavanello, Rita C ^a   Takata, Reinaldo L ^a   Zatz, Mayana ^a   Passos Bueno, Maria Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; Point mutations; SSCP

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXON; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON;

DYSTROPHIN; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 0030817080     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)10:3<217::AID-HUMU7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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