Lack of desmin results in abortive muscle regeneration and modifications in synaptic structure

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 51-66

  Agbulut, Onnik ^a   Li, Zhenlin ^b   Périé, Sophie ^a   Ludosky, Marie Aline ^c   Paulin, Denise ^b   Cartaud, Jean ^c   Butler Browne, Gillian ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

AChE; Desmin; Junctional folds; MyHC; N CAM

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARDIOTOXIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; DESMIN; HEART; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; REGENERATION;

EID: 0034952084     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.1020     Document Type: Article

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