Mutations in the area composita protein at-catenin are associated with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-210

  Van Hengel, Jolanda ^a   Calore, Martina ^b   Bauce, Barbara ^b   Dazzo, Emanuela ^b   Mazzotti, Elisa ^b   De Bortoli, Marzia ^b   Lorenzon, Alessandra ^b   Li Mura, Ilena E A ^b   Beffagna, Giorgia ^b   Rigato, Ilaria ^b   Vleeschouwers, Mara ^a   Tyberghein, Koen ^a   Hulpiau, Paco ^a   Van Hamme, Evelien ^a   Zaglia, Tania ^b,c   Corrado, Domenico ^b   Basso, Cristina ^b   Thiene, Gaetano ^b   Daliento, Luciano ^b   Nava, Andrea ^b   Van Roy, Frans ^a   Rampazzo, Alessandra ^b   more..

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathy; Cell adhesion molecules; Genetics; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; ALPHA T CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; PLAKOPHILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTNNA3 GENE; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DESMOSOME; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ADULT; ALPHA CATENIN; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84872584894     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs373     Document Type: Article

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