Mice lacking skeletal muscle actin show reduced muscle strength and growth deficits and die during the neonatal period

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 5887-5896

  Crawford, K ^a   Flick, R ^a   Close, L ^a   Shelly, D ^a   Paul, R ^a   Bove, K ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Lessard, J ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; DEATH; GROWTH RETARDATION; MALNUTRITION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEREOCILIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036311912     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.16.5887-5896.2002     Document Type: Article

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