Ca2+-dependent muscle dysfunction caused by mutation of the Caenorhabditis elegans troponin T-1 gene

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1201-1213

  McArdle, Kristen ^a,b   Allen, Taylor StC ^a,c   Bucher, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ regulation; Caenorhabditis elegans; Human heart disease; Troponin C troponin I interactions; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM ION; MYOSIN; PERLECAN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; VINCULIN; CALCIUM; HELMINTH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPISTASIS; GENE MUTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0032582910     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.5.1201     Document Type: Article

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