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A mutation in TNNC1-encoded cardiac troponin C, TNNC1-A31S, predisposes to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and ventricular fibrillation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 14 Sept 2012
Parvatiyar Michelle S, Landstrom Andrew P, Figueiredo-Freitas Cicero, Potter James D, Ackerman Michael J, Pinto Jose Renato
Abstract excerpt
Defined as clinically unexplained hypertrophy of the left ventricle, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is traditionally understood as a disease of the cardiac sarcomere. Mutations in TNNC1-encoded cardiac troponin C (cTnC) are a relatively rare cause of HCM. Here, we report clinical and functional characterization of a novel TNNC1 mutation, A31S, identified in a pediatric HCM proband with multiple episodes of...
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