Relation of nebulin and connectin (titin) to dynamics of actin in nascent myofibrils of cultured skeletal muscle cells

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Nwe, Tin Moe ^a   Maruyama, Koscak ^a   Shimada, Yutaka ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin incorporation; Cytoskeleton; Immunofluorescence; Microinjection; Myofibrillogenesis; Photobleach

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; NEBULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0344132053     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4611     Document Type: Article

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