Unc-45 mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans implicate a CRO1/She4p-like domain in myosin assembly

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1215-1225

  Barral, José M ^a   Bauer, Christopher C ^a   Ortiz, Irving ^a   Epstein, Henry F ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Caenorhabditis elegans; Chaperone; Muscle; Myosin

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN CRO1; PROTEIN SHE4P; PROTEIN UNC 45; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE CELL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, HELMINTH; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYOSINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032583155     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.5.1215     Document Type: Article

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