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Sweeney, H.L. (2018). Too much of a good thing.  eLife 7(): e41178.
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FBrf0240215
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Abstract
A mutation that causes heart disease in humans increases the number of active myosin heads during muscle contraction in fruit flies, leading to the progressive dysfunction of the flight muscles and heart tube.
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PMC6141230 (PMC) (EuropePMC)
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Kronert et al., 2018, eLife 7: e38064 [FBrf0240086]

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    English
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    Abbreviation
    eLife
    Title
    eLife
    ISBN/ISSN
    2050-084X
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    Human Disease Models (1)