Mutations in sarcomeric protein genes not only lead to cardiomyopathy but also to congenital cardiovascular malformations.

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Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is associated with de novo mutation in the beta-myosin heavy chain gene Budde et al. (2007) PLoS ONE 2: e1362 Homozygosity for a novel splice site mutation in the cardiac myosin-binding protein C gene causes severe neonatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Xin et al. (2007) Am J Med Genet 143: 2662-2667 Alpha-cardiac actin mutations produce atrial septal defects Matsson et...

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