Although hurricane strikes are rare on St. Martin and Sint Maarten, it is during these months that the island experiences the most rainfall. The island receives an average of 40 inches of rainfall a year.
Muscular dystrophy refers to a group of genetic diseases marked by progressive damage to and weakness of facial, limb, breathing, and heart muscles. It is due to a lack of key protein. Find out more about the types, symptoms, and treatment.
Duchenne (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy are caused by mutations in the dystrophin (dys) gene. Dystrophin and its partially redundant homolog Utrophin are associated with a number of other proteins, members of the Dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC).he products of the dystrophin gene in mammals have very short (few amino acids) N-termini, which are product-specific. It is likely that the existence of multiple promoters (and the specific first exons) is related to a requirement for the cell-type specific expression of the various gene products.