Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781305577206
Author: Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 16, Problem 20P
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The fact about the gene responsible for the disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a disease caused due to the defects in the gene responsible for the protein dystrophin. Dystrophin protein functions as a structural support in in muscle cells. Symptoms of this disease are, progressive muscle weakness and loss of muscle mass.
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