Genetic defects in acetylcholine signalling promote protein degradation in muscle cells of Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2003-2010

  Szewczyk, Nathaniel J ^a   Hartman, James J ^a,b   Barmada, Sami J ^a   Jacobson, Lewis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Cytokinetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Cholinergic; Denervation; Proteasome; Proteolysis; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LEVAMISOLE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MUTATION; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; VULVA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034045950     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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