Recombinant Sindbis virus allows expression and precise targeting of proteins of the contractile apparatus in cultured cardiomyocytes

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 630-635

  Dätwyler, Daniel A ^a   Magyar, Josef P ^a   Busceti, Vincenzo ^a   Hirschy, Alain ^a   Perriard, Jean Claude ^a   Bailey, James E ^a   Eppenberger, Hans M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contractile proteins; Cultured cardiomyocytes; Ectopic expression; Gene transfer; Sindbis virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; SARCOMERE; SINDBIS VIRUS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SINDBIS VIRUS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0035198768     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003950170015     Document Type: Article

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