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SUBMITTER: Charron P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4711561 | biostudies-other | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Charron Philippe P Arbustini Eloisa E Bonne Gisèle G
Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review 20120901 1
Lamins are intermediate filament proteins able to polymerise and form an organised meshwork underlying the inner nuclear membrane in most differentiated somatic cells. Mutations in the LMNA gene, which encodes the two major lamin A and C isoforms, cause a diverse range of diseases, called laminopathies, including dilated cardiomyopathy, associated with a poor prognosis and high rate of sudden death due to conduction defect and early ventricular arrhythmia. Identification of mutations in LMNA gen ...[more]