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Alternative splicing of dystrophin exon 4 in normal human muscle
1Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
Human Genetics
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
The dystrophin gene is composed of at least 86 exons and the occurrence of several alternative splicing sites, mainly occurring in its 3' region, is a well recognised phenomenon. We have found that exon 4 can also be alternatively spliced in human skeletal and cardiac muscle.