A Caenorhabditis elegans model of the myosin heavy chain IIa E706R mutation

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 442-448

  Tajsharghi, Homa ^a   Pilon, Marc ^b   Oldfors, Anders ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN B; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN IIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY WALL MUSCLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE COURSE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTILITY ASSAY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOFILAMENT; MYOPATHY; MYOSIN MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; NULL MUTATION; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UNC 54 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARGININE; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLES; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS;

EID: 24644455189     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20594     Document Type: Article

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