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A Drosophila melanogaster model of diastolic dysfunction and cardiomyopathy based on impaired troponin-T function.
Circulation research - 17 Jan 2014
Viswanathan Meera Cozhimuttam, Kaushik Gaurav, Engler Adam J, Lehman William, Cammarato Anthony
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Regulation of striated muscle contraction is achieved by Ca2+ -dependent steric modulation of myosin cross-bridge cycling on actin by the thin filament troponin-tropomyosin complex. Alterations in the complex can induce contractile dysregulation and disease. For example, mutations between or near residues 112 to 136 of cardiac troponin-T, the crucial TnT1 (N-terminal domain of...
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