Article
Effects of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy mutations on power output by human β-cardiac myosin.
The Journal of experimental biology - 1 Jan 2016
Spudich James A, Aksel Tural, Bartholomew Sadie R, Nag Suman, Kawana Masataka, Yu Elizabeth Choe, Sarkar Saswata S, Sung Jongmin, Sommese Ruth F, Sutton Shirley, Cho Carol, Adhikari Arjun S, Taylor Rebecca, Liu Chao, Trivedi Darshan, Ruppel Kathleen M
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most frequently occurring inherited cardiovascular disease, with a prevalence of more than one in 500 individuals worldwide. Genetically acquired dilated cardiomyopathy is a related disease that is less prevalent. Both are caused by mutations in the genes encoding the fundamental force-generating protein machinery of the cardiac muscle sarcomere, including human β-cardiac...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
