Figure 4

Confirmation and characterization of the rearrangements. (A) Confirmation of the deletion of exons 18–19 by long-range PCR and sequencing of the breakpoints. (B) Confirmation of the deletion of exon 20 and sequencing of the breakpoints.Lanes 1+, 2+, carriers of the deletion; lane C-, negative control (wt); lane B, blank; lane M, marker (Ready-Load™ 1 Kb DNA Ladder, Invitrogen).