A mouse model for congenital myasthenic syndrome due to MuSK mutations reveals defects in structure and function of neuromuscular junctions

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In the muscle-specific tyrosine kinase receptor gene MUSK, a heteroallelic missense and a null mutation were identified in a patient suffering from a congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS). We generated one mouse line carrying the homozygous missense mutation V789M in musk (musk(V789M/V789M) mice) and a second hemizygous line, resembling the patient genotype, with the V789M mutation on one allele and an allele...

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