Tissue-specific expression and α-actinin binding properties of the Z-disc titin: Implications for the nature of vertebrate Z-discs

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 688-695

  Sorimachi, H ^a   Freiburg, A ^b   Kolmerer, B ^b   Ishiura, S ^a   Stier, G ^b   Gregorio, C C ^c   Labeit, D ^d   Linke, W A ^e   Suzuki, K ^a   Labeit, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha actinin; Alternative splicing; Striated and smooth muscles; Titin (connectin); Z discs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNECTIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN VARIANT; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031213849     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1145     Document Type: Article

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