A novel cryptic exon identified in the 3′ region of intron 2 of the human dystrophin gene
A novel cryptic exon identified in the 3′ region of intron 2 of the human dystrophin gene
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Tokyo: Springer Japan
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The dystrophin gene, which is mutated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), is the largest known human gene and is characterized by the huge size of its introns. Intron 2, the second largest intron, is 170-kb long and has been shown to include a 140-bp cryptic exon (exon 2a) in its 5′ region. The rest of this intron has no known function. In this s...
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A novel cryptic exon identified in the 3′ region of intron 2 of the human dystrophin gene
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68627946
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68627946
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1434-5161
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1435-232X
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10.1007/s10038-005-0272-6
