Molecular biology of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Dystrophin: The protein product of the duchenne muscular dystrophy locus

1987 • 4,477 citations

Complete cloning of the duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cDNA and preliminary genomic organization of the DMD gene in normal and affected individuals

1987 • 2,353 citations

The complete sequence of dystrophin predicts a rod-shaped cytoskeletal protein

1988 • 1,501 citations

An explanation for the phenotypic differences between patients bearing partial deletions of the DMD locus

1988 • 1,140 citations

Isolation of candidate cDNAs for portions of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene

1986 • 1,033 citations

Characterization of Dystrophin in Muscle-Biopsy Specimens from Patients with Duchenne's or Becker's Muscular Dystrophy

1988 • 910 citations

The Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene product is localized in sarcolemma of human skeletal muscle

1988 • 658 citations

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Deficiency of dystrophin at the muscle cell surface

1988 • 617 citations

Minor Xp21 chromosome deletion in a male associated with expression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, chronic granulomatous disease, retinitis pigmentosa, and McLeod syndrome.

1985 • 456 citations

Immunoelectron microscopic localization of dystrophin in myofibres

1988 • 447 citations

Duchenne dystrophy

1975 • 438 citations

The homologue of the Duchenne locus is defective in X-linked muscular dystrophy of dogs

1988 • 424 citations

Linkage analysis of two cloned DNA sequences flanking the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus on the short arm of the human X chromosome

1983 • 394 citations

Linkage relationship of a cloned DNA sequence on the short arm of the X chromosome to Duchenne muscular dystrophy

1982 • 334 citations

Pathogenesis of human muscular dystrophies

1978 • 218 citations

Cell and fiber type distribution of dystrophin

1988 • 218 citations

Direct detection of more than 50% of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutations by field inversion gels

1987 • 192 citations

Expression of the Murine Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene in Muscle and Brain

1988 • 190 citations

Molecular Biology of Muscle Development

1987 • 151 citations

Expression of the putative Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene in differentiated myogenic cell cultures and in the brain

1988 • 143 citations

From genes to structural morphogenesis: The genesis and epigenesis of a red blood cell

1987 • 124 citations

NOTICES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS

1978 • 113 citations

Expression of the Duchenne's muscular dystrophy gene in cultured muscle cells.

1987 • 88 citations

A giant locus for the Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy gene

1987 • 88 citations

Muscular dystrophy research: Advances and new trends

1982 • 73 citations

Evidence for the association of dystrophin with the transverse tubular system in skeletal muscle.

1988 • 71 citations

Molecular mechanisms of McArdle's disease (muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency). RNA and DNA analysis.

1987 • 42 citations

Normal mRNA content in a phosphoglycerate kinase variant with severe enzyme deficiency.

1985 • 10 citations