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Clinical and myopathological characteristics of desminopathy caused by a mutation in desmin tail domain.
European neurology - 1 Jan 2012
Maddison Paul, Damian Maxwell S, Sewry Caroline, McGorrian Catherine, Winer John B, Odgerel Zagaa, Shatunov Alexey, Lee Hee Suk, Goldfarb Lev G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Most of the previously described pathogenic mutations in desmin are located in highly conserved α-helical domains that play an important role in intermediate filament assembly. The role of the C-terminus non-α-helical 'tail' domain is much less investigated and until recently mutations in this domain have been implicated in only a few patients. The majority of reported desminopathy cases caused by the...
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