Acf7 (MACF) is an actin and microtubule linker protein whose expression predominates in neural, muscle, and lung development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 216-225

  Bernier, Gilbert ^a,c   Pool, Madeline ^a,b   Kilcup, Michael ^a   Alfoldi, Jessica ^a   De Repentigny, Yves ^a   Kothary, Rashmi ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acf7; Actin binding protein; Dystonin; Lung; MACF; Microtubule binding protein; Mouse development; Neuromuscular; Plakins; Somites

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LINK PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACF7; PROTEIN DYSTONIN; PROTEIN PLAKIN; PROTEIN PLECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOTOME; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; EMBRYO AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LUNG; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033778790     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0177(2000)9999:9999<::AID-DVDY1041>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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