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Molecular assay reagents intended to identify mutations in the dystrophia myotonica-protein kinase (DMPK) gene, located at chromosome 19q13.3, which encodes for the protein myotonic dystrophy protein kinase whose exact function is unknown. Mutations at this locus have been identified in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and muscular dystrophy.
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