Interaction of α-actinin with cellular titin

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-364

  Eilertsen, Kenneth J ^a,b   Kazmierski, Steven T ^a   Keller III, Thomas C S ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Myosin II; Stress fibers; Titin; actinin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ALPHA ACTININ; CONNECTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0030667764     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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