Characterization of α1(IV) collagen mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans and the effects of α1 and α2(IV) mutations on type IV collagen distribution

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1185-1196

  Gupta, Malini C ^a   Graham, Patricia L ^a   Kramer, James M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; SECRETION; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; TRIXIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLLAGEN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCINE; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030612084     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.5.1185     Document Type: Article

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