Molecular structure of the sarcomeric Z-disk: Two types of titin interactions lead to an asymmetrical sorting of α-actinin

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1614-1624

  Young, Paul ^a   Ferguson, Charles ^a   Bañuelos, Sonia ^a   Gautel, Mathias ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

actinin; Connectin; Muscle structure; Nebulin; Titin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; CONNECTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTININ; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MICROFILAMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN KINASES; RABBITS; SARCOMERES; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0032536770     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.6.1614     Document Type: Article

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