Normal vs. Mutant Cardiomyocytes (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

Normal vs. Mutant Cardiomyocytes

Caption

A mutant heart muscle cell (in green) surrounded by normal cells. The mutant cell lacks Srf, a master maturation gene. It is unable to grow in size and lacks the fine membrane invaginations that help coordinate muscle contractions (appearing as vertical striations in the normal cells).

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Guo Y; et al. / Boston Children's Hospital

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