E. Zucconi, T. Jazedje, M.C. Valadares, M. Zatz,
Published: July 21, 2009
Genet. Mol. Res. 8 (3) : 818-821
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4238/vol8-3gmrCarta01

Cite this Article:
E. Zucconi, T. Jazedje, M.C. Valadares, M. Zatz (2009). Comments to the paper by Ambrósio CE, Fadel L, Gaiad TP, Martins DS, et al. [Identification of three distinguishable phenotypes in golden retriever muscular dystrophy (Genet. Mol. Res. 2009 Apr 7;8 (2): 389-396)]. Genet. Mol. Res. 8(3): 818-821. https://doi.org/10.4238/vol8-3gmrCarta01

About the Authors
E. Zucconi, T. Jazedje, M.C. Valadares, M. Zatz,

Corresponding Author
M. Zatz
E-mail: mayazatz@usp.br

ABSTRACT

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a human disease characterized by progressiveand irreversible skeletal muscle degeneration caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, whichcodifies the protein dystrophin (Francke et al., 1985; Kunkel et al., 1985; Ray et al., 1985; Hoffman et al., 1987), instead of “mutations in genes coding for important muscle proteins”;- Dogs had their disease status confirmed by genotyping, which means polymerasechain reaction (PCR) analysis followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP),as described by Sharp et al. Read more. . . .