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Functional effects of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy R403Q mutation are different in an alpha- or beta-myosin heavy chain backbone.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Jul 2008
Lowey Susan, Lesko Leanne M, Rovner Arthur S, Hodges Alex R, White Sheryl L, Low Robert B, Rincon Mercedes, Gulick James, Robbins Jeffrey
Abstract excerpt
The R403Q mutation in the beta-myosin heavy chain (MHC) was the first mutation to be linked to familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC), a primary disease of heart muscle. The initial studies with R403Q myosin, isolated from biopsies of patients, showed a large decrease in myosin motor function, leading to the hypothesis that hypertrophy was a compensatory response. The introduction of the mouse model for FHC...
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