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Disease-related myotubularins function in endocytic traffic in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Jan 2004
Dang Hope, Li Zhai, Skolnik Edward Y, Fares Hanna
Abstract excerpt
MTM1, MTMR2, and SBF2 belong to a family of proteins called the myotubularins. X-linked myotubular myopathy, a severe congenital disorder characterized by hypotonia and generalized muscle weakness in newborn males, is caused by mutations in MTM1 (Laporte et al., 1996). Charcot-Marie-Tooth types 4B1 and 4B2 are severe demyelinating neuropathies caused by mutations in MTMR2 (Bolino et al., 2000) and SBF2/MTMR13...
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