Models of thin filament assembly in cardiac and skeletal muscle

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 191-195

  Gregorio, Carol C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Capping proteins; Cardiac muscle; Myofibril assembly; Skeletal muscle; Tropomodulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; MODEL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT;

EID: 0030994919     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.22.191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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