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STARS is essential to maintain cardiac development and function in vivo via a SRF pathway.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Chong Nelson W, Koekemoer Andrea L, Ounzain Samir, Samani Nilesh J, Shin Jordan T, Shaw Stanley Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: STARS (STriated muscle Activator of Rho Signaling) is a sarcomeric protein expressed early in cardiac development that acts as an acute stress sensor for pathological remodeling. However the role of STARS in cardiac development and function is incompletely understood. Here, we investigated the role of STARS in heart development and function in the zebrafish model and in vitro. METHODOLOGY AND...
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