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MLP-deficient mice exhibit a disruption of cardiac cytoarchitectural organization, dilated cardiomyopathy, and heart failure.
Cell - 7 Feb 1997
Arber S, Hunter J J, Ross J, Hongo M, Sansig G, Borg J, Perriard J C, Chien K R, Caroni P
Abstract excerpt
MLP is a LIM-only protein of terminally differentiated striated muscle cells, where it accumulates at actin-based structures involved in cytoarchitecture organization. To assess its role in muscle differentiation, we disrupted the MLP gene in mice. MLP (-/-) mice developed dilated cardiomyopathy...
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