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Dilated Cardiomyopathy-Associated <i>FHOD3</i> Variant Impairs the Ability to Induce Activation of Transcription Factor Serum Response Factor
1 Jan 2013
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BACKGROUND: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by a dilated left ventricular cavity with systolic dysfunction manifested by heart failure. It has been revealed that mutations in genes for cytoskeleton or sarcomere proteins cause DCM. However, the disease-causing mutations can be found only in far less than half of patients with a family history, indicating that there should be other disease genes for...
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