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Myopathic changes in murine skeletal muscle lacking synemin.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology - 15 Mar 2015
García-Pelagio Karla P, Muriel Joaquin, O'Neill Andrea, Desmond Patrick F, Lovering Richard M, Lund Linda, Bond Meredith, Bloch Robert J
Abstract excerpt
Diseases of striated muscle linked to intermediate filament (IF) proteins are associated with defects in the organization of the contractile apparatus and its links to costameres, which connect the sarcomeres to the cell membrane. Here we study the role in skeletal muscle of synemin, a type IV IF protein, by examining mice null for synemin (synm-null). Synm-null mice have a mild skeletal muscle phenotype....
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