Plakoglobin is essential for myocardial compliance but dispensable for myofibril insertion into adherens junctions

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-15

  Isac, C M ^a   Ruiz, P ^a   Pfitzmaier, B ^a   Haase, H ^a   Birchmeier, W ^a   Morano, I ^a,b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compliance; Contractility; Embryo; Heart; Mouse; Myofibers; Plakoglobin

Indexed keywords

PLAKOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; GAMMA CATENIN; HEART; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOFIBRILS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032889841     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19990101)72:1<8::AID-JCB2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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