Striated muscle cytoarchitecture: An intricate web of form and function

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2002, Pages 637-706

  Clark, Kathleen A ^c   McElhinny, Abigail S ^a   Beckerle, Mary C ^c   Gregorio, Carol C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Sarcomere; Thick filament; Thin filament; Z line

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CONNECTIN; CREATINE KINASE MM; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOMESIN; MYOSIN; TROPOMODULIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE MUTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOFILAMENT; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MUTATION; SARCOMERES;

EID: 1842858197     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.18.012502.105840     Document Type: Review

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