Altered expression of tropomodulin in cardiomyocytes disrupts the sarcomeric structure of myofibrils

Circulation Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-105

  Sussman, Mark A ^a,e   Baqué, Susanna ^b   Uhm, Chang Sub ^c   Daniels, Mathew P ^c   Price, Robert L ^f   Simpson, David ^d   Terracio, Louis ^d   Kedes, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Actin; Cardiac, heart; Myofibril; Sarcomere; Tropomodulin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; TROPOMODULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SARCOMERE; THIN FILAMENT;

EID: 0031932605     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.82.1.94     Document Type: Article

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