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Mutation in sodium-calcium exchanger 1 (NCX1) causes cardiac fibrillation in zebrafish.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Dec 2005
Langenbacher Adam D, Dong Yuan, Shu Xiaodong, Choi Jayoung, Nicoll Debora A, Goldhaber Joshua I, Philipson Kenneth D, Chen Jau-Nian
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Cardiac fibrillation, a form of cardiac arrhythmia, is the most common cause of embolic stroke and death associated with heart failure. The molecular mechanisms underlying cardiac fibrillation are largely unknown. Here we report a zebrafish model for cardiac fibrillation. The hearts of zebrafish tremblor (tre) mutants exhibit chaotic movements and fail to develop synchronized contractions. Calcium imaging showed...
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