Dilated cardiomyopathy and new 16 bp deletion in Exon 44 of the Dystrophin gene: The possible role of repeated motifs in mutation generation

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 120 A, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-7

  Todorova, Albena ^a,c   Constantinova, Dimitrina ^b   Kremensky, Ivo ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^c Laboratory of Molecular Pathology   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); Dystrophin gene defects; Repeated motifs

Indexed keywords

DNA; DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0041821951     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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