Differences in the distribution of synemin, paranemin, and plectin in skeletal muscles of wild-type and desmin knock-out mice

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-47

  Carlsson, Lena ^a,b   Li, Zhen Lin ^c   Paulin, Denise ^c   Price, Maureen G ^d   Breckler, Jennifer ^e   Robson, Richard M ^f   Wiche, Gerhard ^g   Thornell, Lars Eric ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Desmin knock out mice; Intermediate filament associated proteins; Myotendinous junctions; Neuromuscular junctions

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DESMIN; PLECTIN; PROTEIN PARANEMIN; PROTEIN SYNEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCOLEMMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033853845     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180000158     Document Type: Article

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