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Transgenic Mouse α- and β-Cardiac Myosins Containing the R403Q Mutation Show Isoform-dependent Transient Kinetic Differences
12 Apr 2013
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is a major cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. The discovery in 1990 that a point mutation at residue 403 (R403Q) in the β-myosin heavy chain (MHC) caused a severe form of FHC was the first of many demonstrations linking FHC to mutations in muscle proteins. A mouse model for FHC has been widely used to study the mechanochemical properties of mutated cardiac...
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