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BAG3P215L/KO Mice as a Model of BAG3P209L Myofibrillar Myopathy.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2020
Robertson Rebecca, Conte Talita C, Dicaire Marie-Josée, Rymar Vladimir V, Sadikot Abbas F, Bryson-Richardson Robert J, Lavoie Josée N, O'Ferrall Erin, Young Jason C, Brais Bernard
Abstract excerpt
BCL-2-associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) is a co-chaperone to heat shock proteins important in degrading misfolded proteins through chaperone-assisted selective autophagy. The recurrent dominant BAG3-P209L mutation results in a severe childhood-onset myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) associated with progressive muscle weakness, cardiomyopathy, and respiratory failure. Because a homozygous knock-in (KI) strain for the...
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