Characterization of two nonsense mutations in the human dystrophin gene

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-189

  Fajkusová, Lenka ^a   Pekařík, Vladimír ^a   Hájek, Jiří ^b   Kuhrová, Viera ^a   Blažková, Michaela ^a   Fajkus, Jiří ^c  

^a Research Institute of Child Health Brno   (Czech Republic)

^b Children Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C terminal domain; Mental abilities; Point mutations; Truncated dystrophin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031787489     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677069809108557     Document Type: Article

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