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The KVLQT1 gene is not a common target for mutations in patients with various heart pathologies.
Journal of applied genetics - 1 Jan 2002
Moric Ewa, Herbert Ernest, Mazurek Urszula, Samelska Justyna, Cholewa Krzysztof, Trusz-Gluza Maria, Wilczok Tadeusz
Abstract excerpt
The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a disorder of ventricular repolarization that exposes affected individuals to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. The first gene for LQTS has been mapped to chromosome 11 p.15.5 by genome-wide linkage analysis. This gene, originally named KVLQT1 (and later KCNQ1), is a novel potassium channel gene. Mutations in the human KVLQT1 gene, encoding the alpha-subunit of the KVLQT1...
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