Kettin, a major source of myofibrillar stiffness in Drosophila indirect flight muscle

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1045-1057

  Kulke, Michael ^a   Neagoe, Ciprian ^a   Kolmerer, Bernhard ^b   Minajeva, Ave ^a   Hinssen, Horst ^c   Bullard, Belinda ^b   Linke, Wolfgang A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connecting filament; Muscle mechanics; PEVK sequence; Projectin; Titin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; CALPAIN; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; KETTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT MUSCLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RIGIDITY; SARCOMERE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALPAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GELSOLIN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOFIBRILS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SARCOMERES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035802120     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200104016     Document Type: Article

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