Assembly of nebulin into the sarcomeres of avian skeletal muscle

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-184

  Moncman, Carole L ^a   Wang, Kuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

actin; myofibrillogenesis; myosin; protein ruler; titin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONNECTIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN; NEBULIN; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FOWL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; SARCOMERES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0029908544     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)34:3<167::AID-CM1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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