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A cardiac arrhythmia syndrome caused by loss of ankyrin-B function.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jun 2004
Mohler Peter J, Splawski Igor, Napolitano Carlo, Bottelli Georgia, Sharpe Leah, Timothy Katherine, Priori Silvia G, Keating Mark T, Bennett Vann
Abstract excerpt
220-kDa ankyrin-B is required for coordinated assembly of Na/Ca exchanger, Na/K ATPase, and inositol trisphosphate (InsP(3)) receptor at transverse-tubule/sarcoplasmic reticulum sites in cardiomyocytes. A loss-of-function mutation of ankyrin-B identified in an extended kindred causes a dominantly inherited cardiac arrhythmia, initially described as type 4 long QT syndrome. Here we report the identification of...
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