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Molecular genetic and functional characterization implicate muscle-restricted coiled-coil gene (MURC) as a causal gene for familial dilated cardiomyopathy.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Aug 2011
Rodriguez Gabriela, Ueyama Tomomi, Ogata Takehiro, Czernuszewicz Grazyna, Tan Yanli, Dorn Gerald W, Bogaev Roberta, Amano Katsuya, Oh Hidemasa, Matsubara Hiroaki, Willerson James T, Marian Ali J
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BACKGROUND: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are classic forms of systolic and diastolic heart failure, respectively. Mutations in genes encoding sarcomere and cytoskeletal proteins are major causes of HCM and DCM. MURC, encoding muscle-restricted coiled-coil, a Z-line protein, regulates cardiac function in mice. We investigated potential causal role of MURC in human...
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