Thin filaments elongate from their pointed ends during myofibril assembly in Drosophila indirect flight muscle

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1043-1053

  Mardahl Dumesnil, Michelle ^a   Fowler, Velia M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin capping protein; Myofibril; Sanpodo; Thin filaments; Tropomodulin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; SANPODO PROTEIN; TROPOMODULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT MUSCLE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEAT SHOCK; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOMERISM; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLES; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBRILS; TROPOMODULIN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0035842887     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200108026     Document Type: Article

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