Novel cryptic exons identified in introns 2 and 3 of the human dystrophin gene with duplication of exons 8-11

摘要

The dystrophin gene, which is mutated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is thelargest known human gene and characterized by the huge size of its introns. Intron 2has been shown to include cryptic exons termed exons 2a and 2b, while intron 3 hasbeen shown to