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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Analysis of the exon-intron organization of the human dystrophin gene has been hampered by its enormous size. By using a YAC-based exon mapping approach and long PCR, we have succeeded in defining the size of the gene and its organization. Our results, compared with data on the distribution of deletion breakpoints by intron, elucidate the topography of the intragenic deletion-prone regions. Within the central high-frequency deletion region, the small, 6.6-kb, intron 49 shows a much higher density of deletion breakpoints than intron 44, which was previously believed to coincide with the most mutable zone of the gene. On the other hand, in the proximal part of the gene, deletion breakpoints do not preferentially occur in a few introns, but are spread over a large DNA segment containing introns 2 to 42.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1997 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
421-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Exon-intron organization of the human dystrophin gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Genetica Molecolare del CNR, S. Maria la Palma, Sassari, 07040, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't