DEREGULATION OF THE PROTOCADHERIN GENE FAT1 ALTERS MUSCLE SHAPES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PATHOGENESIS OF FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL DYSTROPHY.

Deregulation of the protocadherin gene FAT1 alters muscle shapes: implications for the pathogenesis of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy.

Generation of skeletal muscles with forms adapted to their function is essential for normal movement.Muscle shape is patterned by the coordinated polarity of collectively migrating myoblasts.Constitutive inactivation of the protocadherin gene Fat1 uncoupled individual myoblast polarity within chains, altering the shape of selective groups of muscle

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Predominance of Trypanosoma rangeli infection in children from a Chagas disease endemic area in the west-shore of the Panama canal

A total of 206 serum samples from children (3-14 years old) living in the Amador County (La Rash Cream Chorrera District, Province of Panama) were screened by indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) for the presence of antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi.Positive sera were confirmed by recombinant enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

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Lip-synchronization: a method without the use of visemes

accessory bag In the present article we describe a simplified method to resolve the problem of lip synchronization with a previously recorded audio file.The algorithm receives as input the audio file, in a standard format (WAV) and returns as result a text file that contains average amplitude values corresponding to a predefined fraction of a secon

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