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Early mechanical dysfunction of the diaphragm in the muscular dystrophy with myositis (Ttnmdm) model.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 1 Nov 2008
Lopez Michael A, Pardo Patricia S, Cox Gregory A, Boriek Aladin M
Abstract excerpt
A complex rearrangement mutation in the mouse titin gene leads to an in-frame 83-amino acid deletion in the N2A region of titin. Autosomal recessive inheritance of the titin muscular dystrophy with myositis (Ttn(mdm/mdm)) mutation leads to a severe early-onset muscular dystrophy and premature death. We hypothesized that the N2A deletion would negatively impact the force-generating capacity and passive mechanical...
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