Biopolym. Cell. 1995; 11(6):108-112.
TTGA-tandem repeats allelic polymorphism of dystrophin gene among healthy volunteers from different regions of Ukraine and in DMD-families
1Ekshiyan A. Yu., 1Livshits L. A., 1Kravchenko S. A., 1Melnik V. W., 1Musienko S. I., 1Grishko V. I.
  1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
    150, Akademika Zabolotnoho Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680

Abstract

The analysis or polymorphisms TTGA-tandem repeals in 3'-untranslated region of dystrophin gene was performed among healthy population of Kiev and Lugansk regions and in 47 HMD-families from different regions of Ukraine as well. The distribution of the TTGA-tandem repeats allelic variants was obtained. Unknown allelic variant of the TTGA-tandem repeats (presumable three TTGA-unils) was found. This system was diagnostically informatived for 15 DMD-families

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