Tropomyosin and troponin are required for ovarian contraction in the Caenorhabditis elegans reproductive system

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2782-2793

  Ono, Kanako ^a   Ono, Shoichiro ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; COFILIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM CELL; MITOSIS; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPERM; SPERMATHECA; WILD TYPE; WORM;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DESTRIN; DNA REPLICATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OVARY; OVULATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN C;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FALLOPIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542459284     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E04-03-0179     Document Type: Article

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