Article
Mouse model of desmin-related cardiomyopathy.
Circulation - 15 May 2001
Wang X, Osinska H, Dorn G W, Nieman M, Lorenz J N, Gerdes A M, Witt S, Kimball T, Gulick J, Robbins J
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BACKGROUND: The consequence of upregulation of desmin in the heart is unknown. Mutations in desmin have been linked to desmin-related myopathy (DRM), which is characterized by abnormal intrasarcoplasmic accumulation of desmin, but direct causative evidence that a desmin mutation leads to aberrant...
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