Reexpression of myogenic proteins in mature electric organ after removal of neural input

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 9924-9935

  Unguez, Graciela A ^a   Zakon, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocytes; Myogenesis; Neural influence of electrocyte phenotype; Phenotypic conversion; Sarcomere formation; Sarcomeric proteins

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE;

EID: 0032403425     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09924.1998     Document Type: Article

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