Integration of titin into the sarcomeres of cultured differentiating human skeletal muscle cells

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 301-307

  Van Der Loop, Frank T L ^a,b   Van Der Ven, Peter F M ^c,d   Fürst, Dieter O ^d   Gautel, Mathias ^e   Van Eys, Guillaume J J M ^b   Ramaekers, Frans C S ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C protein; Desmin; Myogenesis; Myosin; Titin

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; EPITOPE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STAINING;

EID: 0029940671     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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