Mutations in β-spectrin disrupt axon outgrowth and sarcomere structure

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 931-942

  Hammarlund, Marc ^a   Davis, Warren S ^a   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cytoskeleton; Muscles; Neurons; unc 70

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MYOFILAMENT; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCOMERE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTESTINES; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SARCOMERES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTRIN; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034658079     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.4.931     Document Type: Article

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