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Functional characterisation of a mutant actin (Met132Val) from a patient with nemaline myopathy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2004
Marston Steven, Mirza Mahmooda, Abdulrazzak Hassan, Sewry Caroline
Abstract excerpt
The mutation Met132Val in the ACTA1 gene was identified in a patient with mild nemaline myopathy (NM). We examined actin mRNA and protein from biopsy samples. Sixty-one percent of the mRNA from the biopsy was not cleaved with BstX1, indicating the presence of mutant messenger in vivo. Monomeric a...
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