A four-year-old child is diagnosed with Duchennemuscular 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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Capping of dystrophin mRNA will he defective.

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Termination of dystrophin transcription will be deficient.

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Initiation of dystrophin transcription will be deficient.

A four-year-old child is diagnosed with Duchennemuscular 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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