desmin|This gene encodes a muscle-specific class III intermediate filament. Homopolymers of this protein form a stable intracytoplasmic filamentous network connecting myofibrils to each other and to the plasma membrane. Mutations in this gene are associated with desmin-related myopathy, a familial cardiac and skeletal myopathy (CSM), and with distal myopathies. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] (NCBI Entrez Gene Database, 1674)
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12 genes co-occuring with the biological term des in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.
