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The zebrafish runzel muscular dystrophy is linked to the titin gene.
Developmental biology - 15 Sept 2007
Steffen Leta S, Guyon Jeffrey R, Vogel Emily D, Howell Melanie H, Zhou Yi, Weber Gerhard J, Zon Leonard I, Kunkel Louis M
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Titin (also called connectin) acts as a scaffold for signaling proteins in muscle and is responsible for establishing and maintaining the structure and elasticity of sarcomeres in striated muscle. Several human muscular dystrophies and cardiomyopathies have previously been linked to mutations in...
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