Integrated DNA, cDNA and protein studies in Becker muscular dystrophy show high exception to the reading frame rule

Human Mutation

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 728-737

  Kesari, Akanchha ^a   Pirra, Laura N ^a,b   Bremadesam, Lakshmi ^a,c   McIntyre, Orinthal ^a   Gordon, Erynn ^a   Dubrovsky, Alberto L ^b   Viswanathan, V ^c   Hoffman, Eric P ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FRANCÉS   (Argentina)

^c Sundaram Medical Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

BMD; cDNA sequencing; Duplication; MLPA; Muscle cDNA; Reading frame hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; DYSTROPHIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 42949155147     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20722     Document Type: Article

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