Genetic evidence for a dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) in Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 77-86

  Grisoni, Karine ^a   Martin, Edwige ^a   Gieseler, Kathrin ^a   Mariol, Marie Christine ^a   Ségalat, Laurent ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Dystroglycan; Dystrophin; Nematode; Sarcoglycan; Syntrophin

Indexed keywords

DELTA SARCOGLYCAN; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; GAMMA SARCOGLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA; SARCOGLYCAN; SYNTROPHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; WILD TYPE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037055258     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00762-X     Document Type: Article

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