Tandem duplications of two separate fragments of the dystrophin gene in a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-219

  Zhang, Zhujun ^a   Takeshima, Yasuhiro ^a   Awano, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishiyama, Atsushi ^a   Okizuka, Yo ^a   Yagi, Mariko ^a   Matsuo, Masafumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duplication; Dystrophin; Mutation

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; MALE; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA PRIMERS; DYSTROPHIN; EXONS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 40049106043     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0235-1     Document Type: Article

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