Nebulin: The nebulous, multifunctional giant of striated muscle

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 195-201

  McElhinny, Abigail S ^a   Kazmierski, Steven T ^a   Labeit, Siegfried ^c   Gregorio, Carol C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; DESMIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOPALLADIN; NEBULIN; TROPOMODULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS; THIN FILAMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038353769     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-1738(03)00076-8     Document Type: Review

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