Tropomyosin isoforms from the γ gene differing at the C-terminus are spatially and developmentally regulated in the brain

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 373-383

  Vrhovski, Bernadette ^a   Schevzov, Galina ^a   Dingle, Sharon ^b   Lessard, James L ^b   Gunning, Peter ^a   Weinberger, Ron P ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

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

^c Proteome Systems Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actin; Cerebellum; Hippocampus; Microfilament

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MATURATION; CEREBELLUM; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EXON; GAMMA GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROFILAMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; EMBRYO; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 0037404638     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10586     Document Type: Article

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