Desmin: Molecular interactions and putative functions of the muscle intermediate filament protein

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1819-1830

  Costa, Manoel Luis ^a   Escaleira, R ^a   Cataldo, A ^a   Oliveira, F ^a   Mermelstein, C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Desmin; Intermediate filaments; Muscle; Myogenesis; Myopathy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CALPAIN; CASPASE; DESMIN; DNA; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DYSTROGLYCAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; LAMIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; NEBULIN; NESTIN; PERIPHERIN; PHORBOL ESTER; PLECTIN; TUBULIN; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC ORGAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 11844292755     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004001200007     Document Type: Review

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