Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism for RYR1 variants and muscle ageing
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Background Malignant hyperthermia (MH), central core disease (CCD), exertional heat stroke (EHS) and late-onset axial myopathy have been attributed to mutations in ryanodine receptor type 1 (RYR1). The RyR1 protein is over 5000 amino acid residues long, making manipulation of the mammalian gene difficult. The ryanodine receptor in Caenorhabditis elegans is UNC-68, which has 40% amino acid identity to the human protein.
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