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A missense mutation in a ubiquitously expressed protein, vinculin, confers susceptibility to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 7 Jul 2006
Vasile Vlad C, Ommen Steve R, Edwards William D, Ackerman Michael J
Abstract excerpt
The R975W mutation, in the alternatively spliced exon 19 of vinculin (VCL) which yields the isoform metavinculin, was associated previously with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and shown to alter in vivo organization of intercalated discs. We tested the hypothe...
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