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A mutation in the transmembrane/luminal domain of the ryanodine receptor is associated with abnormal Ca2+ release channel function and severe central core disease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 30 Mar 1999
Lynch P J, Tong J, Lehane M, Mallet A, Giblin L, Heffron J J, Vaughan P, Zafra G, MacLennan D H, McCarthy T V
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Central core disease is a rare, nonprogressive myopathy that is characterized by hypotonia and proximal muscle weakness. In a large Mexican kindred with an unusually severe and highly penetrant form of the disorder, DNA sequencing identified an I4898T mutation in the C-terminal transmembrane/lumi...
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