Myofilin, a protein in the thick filaments of insect muscle

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1527-1536

  Qiu, Feng ^a,b   Brendel, Sigrun ^a   Cunha, Paulo M F ^a   Astola, Nagore ^a   Song, Bauzhen ^a   Furlong, Eileen E M ^a   Leonard, Kevin R ^a   Bullard, Belinda ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Core protein; Drosophila; Insect flight muscle; Lethocerus; Myosin; Thick filament

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; GOLD; ISOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOFILIN; MYOSIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEELIN 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANOPHELES; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLIGHT MUSCLE; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STOICHIOMETRY; TISSUE SECTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HEMIPTERA; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 17844379249     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02281     Document Type: Article

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