Myosin heavy chain isoforms regulate muscle function but not myofibril assembly

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4454-4459

  Wells, Linda ^a   Edwards, Kevin A ^a,b   Bernstein, Sanford I ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Isoforms; Muscle; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; FLIGHT MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0029790426     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00822.x     Document Type: Article

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