Actin nemaline myopathy mouse reproduces disease, suggests other actin disease phenotypes and provides cautionary note on muscle transgene expression.

Mutations in the skeletal muscle α-actin gene (ACTA1) cause congenital myopathies including nemaline myopathy, actin aggregate myopathy and rod-core disease. The majority of patients with ACTA1 mutations have severe hypotonia and do not survive beyond the age of one. A transgenic mouse model was gen...

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Main Authors: Gianina Ravenscroft, Connie Jackaman, Caroline A Sewry, Elyshia McNamara, Sarah E Squire, Allyson C Potter, John Papadimitriou, Lisa M Griffiths, Anthony J Bakker, Kay E Davies, Nigel G Laing, Kristen J Nowak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3235150?pdf=render