Article
Mouse model of a familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation in alpha-tropomyosin manifests cardiac dysfunction.
Circulation research - 9 Jul 1999
Muthuchamy M, Pieples K, Rethinasamy P, Hoit B, Grupp I L, Boivin G P, Wolska B, Evans C, Solaro R J, Wieczorek D F
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the functional consequences of a tropomyosin (TM) mutation associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC), we generated transgenic mice that express mutant alpha-TM in the adult heart. The missense mutation, which results in the substitution of asparagine for aspartic a...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
- Heart
- Homeostasis
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Mutation
- Myocardial Contraction
- Myocardium
- Tropomyosin
