A four-year-old child is diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an X-linked recessive disorder. Genetic analysis shows that the patient's gene for the muscle protein dystrophin contains a mutation in its promoter region. What would be the most likely effect of this mutation ?

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Tailing of dystrophin mRNA will be defective.

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Termination of dystrophin transcription will be deficient

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Initiation of dystrophin transcription will be deficient

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Capping of dystrophin mRNA will be defective

1.	A four-year-old child is diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an X-linked recessive disorder. Genetic analysis shows that the patient's gene for the muscle protein dystrophin contains a mutation in its promoter region. What would be the most likely effect of this mutation ?
A.	Termination of dystrophin transcription will be deficient
B.	Initiation of dystrophin transcription will be deficient
C.	Tailing of dystrophin mRNA will be defective.
D.	Capping of dystrophin mRNA will be defective
Answer» C. Tailing of dystrophin mRNA will be defective.

A four-year-old child is diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an X-linked recessive disorder. Genetic analysis shows that the patient's gene for the muscle protein dystrophin contains a mutation in its promoter region. What would be the most likely effect of this mutation ?

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