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. 1988 Nov;43(5):612–619.

Normal human genomic restriction-fragment patterns and polymorphisms revealed by hybridization with the entire dystrophin cDNA.

B T Darras 1, U Francke 1
PMCID: PMC1715524  PMID: 2903662

Abstract

Since the complete cDNA for the gene that causes X-linked recessive Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) when mutated or deleted has recently been cloned and made generally available, DNA-based diagnostic studies of affected males and their families have entered into a new era. This communication sets forth the standard patterns of restriction fragments that are detected when normal human DNA cleaved with either HindIII or BglII is hybridized with seven contiguous segments comprising the entire 14-kb cDNA. Collectively, the more than 60 restriction fragments allow visualization of approximately 350 (HindIII) to 400 (BglII) kbp. This corresponds to the exon-containing one-fifth of the total genomic length of this gene, including the 3' untranslated region. Twelve two-allele restriction-site polymorphisms that span the entire length of the gene were detected with the cDNA probes and allele frequencies determined. A diagnostic approach is proposed that starts with deletion screening of DNA from male probands, includes carrier detection based on relative fragment intensities, and extends to RFLP detection using the same autoradiographs prepared for deletion screening. Our results on deletion analysis of 32 DMD/BMD families are presented in an accompanying paper.

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