Drosophila D-Titin is required for myoblast fusion and skeletal muscle striation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 3103-3115

  Zhang, Y ^a   Featherstone, D ^a   Davis, W ^a   Rushton, E ^a   Broadie, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

D Titin; Drosophila; Kettin; Muscle; Myogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID; CONNECTIN; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; MYOBLAST; MYOFILAMENT; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNCYTIUM;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL FUSION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENES, LETHAL; GENES, STRUCTURAL, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTAGENS; MYOFIBRILS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033824709     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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