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Tropomodulin expression in developing hearts of normal and cardiac mutant Mexican axolotl.
Cardiovascular toxicology - 1 Jan 2006
McLean Matthew D, Zajdel Robert W, Dube Syamalima, Thurston Harold, Dube Dipak K
Abstract excerpt
In the axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, a simple, recessive cardiac-lethal mutation in gene "c" results in the hearts of c/c homozygous animals being deficient in sarcomeric tropomyosin (TM) and failing to form mature myofibrils. Subsequently, the mutant hearts do not beat. A three-step model of myofibril assembly recently developed in cell culture prompted a reassessment of the myofibril assembly process in mutant...
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