Myosin mutations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and functional implications.

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Myosin mutations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and functional implications.

Herz - 1 Apr 1994

Vosberg H P

Abstract excerpt

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be an inherited disorder. Typically, the inheritance is dominant and genetic cases account for about 50% of all patients with this pathology. Four different HCM loci have been mapped to different chromosomes (no. 1, 11, 14 and 15), yet, only one responsible g...

Topics

Base Sequence
Calmodulin-Binding Proteins
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
DNA
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Myosin Heavy Chains
Myosin Type I
Myosins

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