Health Dictionary
Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.
MYH8
Introduction
Myosin-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH8 gene.[1][2]
Mutations in MYH8 are associated with Trismus pseudocamptodactyly syndrome.
References
References
- ↑ Karsch-Mizrachi I, Feghali R, Shows TB, Leinwand LA (Aug 1990). “Generation of a full-length human perinatal myosin heavy-chain-encoding cDNA”. Gene. 89 (2): 289–94. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(90)90020-R. PMID 2373371.
- ↑ “Entrez Gene: MYH8 myosin, heavy chain 8, skeletal muscle, perinatal”.
Further reading
Further reading
- Bober E, Buchberger-Seidl A, Braun T, et al. (1990). “Identification of three developmentally controlled isoforms of human myosin heavy chains”. Eur. J. Biochem. 189 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb15459.x. PMID 1691980.
- Bober E, Lyons GE, Braun T, et al. (1991). “The muscle regulatory gene, Myf-6, has a biphasic pattern of expression during early mouse development”. J. Cell Biol. 113 (6): 1255–65. doi:10.1083/jcb.113.6.1255. PMC 2289041. PMID 2045411.
- Feghali R, Leinwand LA (1989). “Molecular genetic characterization of a developmentally regulated human perinatal myosin heavy chain”. J. Cell Biol. 108 (5): 1791–7. doi:10.1083/jcb.108.5.1791. PMC 2115547. PMID 2715179.
- Jullian EH, Kelly AM, Pompidou AJ, et al. (1995). “Characterization of a human perinatal myosin heavy-chain transcript”. Eur. J. Biochem. 230 (3): 1001–6. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20648.x. PMID 7601129.
- Soussi-Yanicostas N, Whalen RG, Petit C (1993). “Five skeletal myosin heavy chain genes are organized as a multigene complex in the human genome”. Hum. Mol. Genet. 2 (5): 563–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/2.5.563. PMID 8518795.
- Veugelers M, Bressan M, McDermott DA, et al. (2004). “Mutation of perinatal myosin heavy chain associated with a Carney complex variant”. N. Engl. J. Med. 351 (5): 460–9. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa040584. PMID 15282353.
- Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). “Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes”. Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
- Toydemir RM, Chen H, Proud VK, et al. (2007). “Trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome is caused by recurrent mutation of MYH8”. Am. J. Med. Genet. A. 140 (22): 2387–93. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.31495. PMID 17041932.