Researchers find culprit behind skeletal muscle disease

Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 08:00 in Biology & Nature

Genetic mutations in titin, a protein that is vital for proper muscular function, can cause skeletal muscle disease, according to a new study. The work answers a question that remained after previous studies, which couldn't say if the deviations caused myopathies, or merely resulted from them.

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