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References

These sources were used to develop the Genetics Home Reference gene summary on the TPM3 gene.

Clarke NF, Kolski H, Dye DE, Lim E, Smith RL, Patel R, Fahey MC, Bellance R, Romero NB, Johnson ES, Labarre-Vila A, Monnier N, Laing NG, North KN. Mutations in TPM3 are a common cause of congenital fiber type disproportion. Ann Neurol. 2008 Mar;63(3):329-37. doi: 10.1002/ana.21308. PubMed citation
De Paula AM, Franques J, Fernandez C, Monnier N, Lunardi J, Pellissier JF, Figarella-Branger D, Pouget J. A TPM3 mutation causing cap myopathy. Neuromuscul Disord. 2009 Oct;19(10):685-8. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.06.365. Epub 2009 Jun 23. PubMed citation
Entrez Gene
Gene Review: Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
Gene Review: Nemaline Myopathy
Imoto C, Nonaka I. The significance of type 1 fiber atrophy (hypotrophy) in childhood neuromuscular disorders. Brain Dev. 2001 Aug;23(5):298-302. PubMed citation
Laing NG, Wilton SD, Akkari PA, Dorosz S, Boundy K, Kneebone C, Blumbergs P, White S, Watkins H, Love DR, et al. A mutation in the alpha tropomyosin gene TPM3 associated with autosomal dominant nemaline myopathy. Nat Genet. 1995 Jan;9(1):75-9. Erratum in: Nat Genet. 1995 Jun;10(2):249. PubMed citation
Lawlor MW, Dechene ET, Roumm E, Geggel AS, Moghadaszadeh B, Beggs AH. Mutations of tropomyosin 3 (TPM3) are common and associated with type 1 myofiber hypotrophy in congenital fiber type disproportion. Hum Mutat. 2010 Feb;31(2):176-83. doi: 10.1002/humu.21157. PubMed citation
Ochala J. Thin filament proteins mutations associated with skeletal myopathies: defective regulation of muscle contraction. J Mol Med (Berl). 2008 Nov;86(11):1197-204. doi: 10.1007/s00109-008-0380-9. Epub 2008 Jun 24. Review. PubMed citation
OMIM: TROPOMYOSIN 3
Waddell LB, Kreissl M, Kornberg A, Kennedy P, McLean C, Labarre-Vila A, Monnier N, North KN, Clarke NF. Evidence for a dominant negative disease mechanism in cap myopathy due to TPM3. Neuromuscul Disord. 2010 Jul;20(7):464-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.05.012. Epub 2010 Jun 15. PubMed citation


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