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Table 1 Properties of dystrophin and dystrobrevin genes

From: Dystrophins and dystrobrevins

Protein

Gene size (kb)

Number of exons

Protein size

Map position

GenBank accession number

Reference

Homo sapiens Dystrophin

>2,400

79

3,685*

Xp21.2

M18533

[1]

H. sapiens Utrophin

~900

~78

3,433

6q24

X69086

[4]

H. sapiens DRP2

45

24

957

Xq22.1

U42519

[5]

Drosophila melanogaster Dys

130

32

3,124

3R 92A6-92A7

AF277386

[6,13]

C. elegans Dys-1

31

46

3,674

I:9.17-9.42

AJ012469

[39]

H. sapiens α-Dystrobrevin

>180

24

686*

18q12.1-p12.2

U46744

[8]

H. sapiens β-Dystrobrevin

>130

21

627

2p23-p22

AF022728

[9,10]

D. melanogaster Dyb

5

5

614

2R 49A5-49A7

AF277387

[13]

C. elegans Dyb-1

6

9

590

I:16.1

AJ131742

[52]

  1. *Subject to alternative splicing and/or alternative promoter use. Dys, dystrophin.