Determining structure/function relationships for sarcomeric myosin heavy chain by genetic and transgenic manipulation of Drosophila

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 430-442

  Swank, Douglas M ^a   Wells, Linda ^a,b   Kronert, William A ^a   Morrill, George E ^a,c   Bernstein, Sanford I ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Muscle; Myofibril; Thick filament

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; GENE ENCODING; PROTEINS;

DROSOPHILLA; DROSOPHILLA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; ISOFORMS; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; THICK FILAMENT; TRANSGENIC MANIPULATION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS;

MUSCLE;

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SARCOMERE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034665602     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20000915)50:6<430::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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