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A Mutation in the <i>CASQ1</i> Gene Causes a Vacuolar Myopathy with Accumulation of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Protein Aggregates
12 Aug 2014
Abstract excerpt
A missense mutation in the calsequestrin-1 gene (CASQ1) was found in a group of patients with a myopathy characterized by weakness, fatigue, and the presence of large vacuoles containing characteristic inclusions resulting from the aggregation of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) proteins. The mutation affects a conserved aspartic acid in position 244 (p.Asp244Gly) located in one of the high-affinity Ca(2+) -binding...
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