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Molecular assay reagents intended to identify deletions in the dystrophin muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene, located in Xp21.2, which encodes for the protein dystrophin that may anchor the cytoskeleton to the plasma membrane and stabilize the muscle during contractions. X-linked recessive inherited deletions are present in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and also in a somewhat milder disease known as Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD).
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