Study of actin mutations linked to muscle disease

Mutations in actin, the major protein that forms the backbone of the thin filaments in all muscles, cause a variety of muscle diseases including nemaline myopathy (NM), congenital fibre type disproportion (CFTO), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and dilated cardiomyopathy (OCM). Actin is a multi-f...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feng, Juanjuan
Published: Imperial College London 2008
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486576