title: Alternative splicing of dystrophin exon 4 in normal human muscle.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Muntoni
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D016189:Dystrophin