Nonmuscle tropomyosin-4 requires coexpression with other low molecular weight isoforms for binding to thin filaments in cardiomyocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-380

  Helfman, David M ^a   Berthier, Christine ^a   Grossman, Jill ^a   Leu, Martin ^b   Ehler, Elisabeth ^b   Perriard, Evelyne ^b   Perriard, Jean Claude ^b  

^a Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Neonatal cardiomyocyte; Sarcomere; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE; THIN FILAMENT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033058418     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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