Myosin 3A transgene expression produces abnormal actin filament bundles in transgenic Xenopus laevis rod photoreceptors

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5825-5834

  Lin Jones, Jennifer ^a   Parker, Ed ^a   Wu, Mike ^a   Dosé, Andréa ^a   Burnside, Beth ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Calycal process; Myosin; Photoreceptors; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN III; MYOSIN IIIA; OPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RETINA; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASS; CYTOSKELETON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN TYPE III; MYOSINS; OPSIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSGENES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 12344284231     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01512     Document Type: Article

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