Direct, convergent hypersensitivity of calcium-activated force generation produced by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutant α-tropomyosins in adult cardiac myocytes

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1413-1417

  Michele, Daniel E ^a   Albayya, Faris P ^a   Metzger, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RATS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0032751723     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/70990     Document Type: Article

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