Effects of Mutated Titin (IMAGE)

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Effects of Mutated Titin

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Soleus muscle fibers (green) are decreased in mice with a mutated form of the muscle protein titin (right). A Journal of General Physiology study shows that changes in the elasticity of titin can be a trigger for pathological changes in muscle.

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Buck et al., 2014

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