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Loss of myotubularin function results in T-tubule disorganization in zebrafish and human myotubular myopathy.
PLoS genetics - 1 Feb 2009
Dowling James J, Vreede Andrew P, Low Sean E, Gibbs Elizabeth M, Kuwada John Y, Bonnemann Carsten G, Feldman Eva L
Abstract excerpt
Myotubularin is a lipid phosphatase implicated in endosomal trafficking in vitro, but with an unknown function in vivo. Mutations in myotubularin cause myotubular myopathy, a devastating congenital myopathy with unclear pathogenesis and no current therapies. Myotubular myopathy was the first desc...
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