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Whole-exome sequencing identifies R1279X of MYH6 gene to be associated with congenital heart disease.
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 3 Jul 2018
Razmara Ehsan, Garshasbi Masoud
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Myosin VI, encoded by MYH6, is expressed dominantly in human cardiac atria and plays consequential roles in cardiac muscle contraction and comprising the cardiac muscle thick filament. It has been reported that the mutations in the MYH6 gene associated with sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD type III), hypertrophic (HCM) and dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathies. METHODS: Two patients in an Iranian...
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