Dystrophin and functionally related proteins in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Ségalat, Laurent ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Dystrophin; Proteins

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DYSTROBREVIN; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN; SARCOGLYCAN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUTATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WORM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0036823773     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(02)00090-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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