Desmin is essential for the tensile strength and integrity of myofibrils but not for myogenic commitment, differentiation, and fusion of skeletal muscle

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-144

  Li, Zhenlin ^a   Mericskay, Mathias ^a   Agbulut, Onnik ^b   Butler Browne, Gillian ^b   Carlsson, Lena ^c   Thornell, Lars Eric ^c   Babinet, Charles ^a   Paulin, Denise ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Excellence Inflamex   (France)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; DESMIN; DIRECT LYTIC FACTORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REGENERATION; SOMITES; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030879081     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.1.129     Document Type: Article

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