The complete mouse nebulin gene sequence and the identification of cardiac nebulin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 835-846

  Kazmierski, Steven T ^a   Antin, Parker B ^a   Witt, Christian C ^b   Huebner, Norbert ^c   McElhinny, Abigail S ^a   Labeit, Siegfried ^b   Gregorio, Carol C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart muscle; Myofibril; Nebulin; Sarcomere; Thin filament

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NEBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EXON; FETUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037427450     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00348-6     Document Type: Article

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