Actin dynamics at pointed ends regulates thin filament length in striated muscle

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 544-551

  Littlefield, R ^a   Almenar Queralt, A ^a   Fowler, V M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHALLOTOXIN; RHODAMINE; TROPOMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MYOBLAST; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT;

ACTINS; ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; CYTOCHALASIN D; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; TROPOMODULIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034976418     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35078517     Document Type: Article

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