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Point mutations in Czech DMD/BMD patients and their phenotypic outcome

Authors

SEDLÁČKOVÁ Jana VONDRÁČEK Petr HERMANOVÁ Markéta ZÁMEČNÍK Josef HRUBÁ Zuzana HABERLOVÁ Jana KRAUS Josef MAŘÍKOVÁ Taťana HEDVIČÁKOVÁ Petra VOHÁŇKA Stanislav FAJKUSOVÁ Lenka

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Neuromuscular Disorders
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords Duchene muscular dystrophy; DMD; BMD
Description Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD/BMD) are associated with mutations in the DMD gene. We determined the mutation status of 47 patients with dystrophinopathy without deletion or duplication in the DMD gene. Further, using quantitative analysis of DMD mRNA carrying various mutated alleles, we examine levels of mRNA degradation due to nonsense mediated mRNA decay. The quantity of dystrophin mRNA is different depending on the presence of a mutation leading to a premature termination codon, and position of the analysed mRNA region with respect to its 5 end or 3 end.
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