Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-98, a C2H2 Zn finger protein, is a novel partner of UNC-97/PINCH in muscle adhesion complexes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2492-2507

  Mercer, Kristina B ^a   Flaherty, Denise B ^a   Miller, Rachel K ^a,b   Qadota, Hiroshi ^c   Tinley, Tina L ^a,b,d   Moerman, Donald G ^c   Benian, Guy M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN UNC 97; PROTEIN UNC 98; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUTANT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; PHENOTYPE; ZINC FINGERS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0037632845     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-10-0676     Document Type: Article

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