Molecular analysis of Duchenne and Becke
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Ronald G. Worton
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Article
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1987
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive and lethal neuromuscular disorder caused by a defective gene on the X chromosome. There is no effective treatment and the biochemical defect is yet unknown. Mapping of the DMD locus to band Xp21 in the short arm of the X chromosome has given rise to