A nemaline myopathy mutation in α-tropomyosin causes defective regulation of striated muscle force production

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1575-1581

  Michele, Daniel E ^a   Albayya, Faris P ^a   Metzger, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033405787     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI7842     Document Type: Article

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