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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Estan MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377633 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190215 1
FXR1 is an alternatively spliced gene that encodes RNA binding proteins (FXR1P) involved in muscle development. In contrast to other tissues, cardiac and skeletal muscle express two FXR1P isoforms that incorporate an additional exon-15. We report that recessive mutations in this particular exon of FXR1 cause congenital multi-minicore myopathy in humans and mice. Additionally, we show that while Myf5-dependent depletion of all FXR1P isoforms is neonatal lethal, mice carrying mutations in exon-15 ...[more]