Dystrophin and the two related genetic diseases, Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies

Dystrophin and the two related genetic diseases, Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies

Mutations of the dystrophin DMD gene, essentially deletions of one or several exons, are the cause of two devastating and to date incurable diseases, Duchenne (DMD) and Becker (BMD) muscular dystrophies. Depending upon the preservation or not of the reading frame, dystrophin is completely absent in...

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Main Author: Elisabeth Le Rumeur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015-07-01
Series:Biomolecules & Biomedicine
Subjects:
Dystrophin
Becker muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
exon skipping
micro-dystrophin
Online Access:https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/636

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