C. elegans dystroglycan DGN-1 functions in epithelia and neurons, but not muscle, and independently of dystrophin

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1911-1921

  Johnson, Robert P ^a   Kang, Seong Hoon ^a   Kramer, James M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Dystroglycan; Dystrophin; Epithelia; Extracellular matrix; Laminin; Neurons

Indexed keywords

DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; DYSTROPHIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN COMPLEX; LAMININ; LAMININ RECEPTOR; UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DYSTROGLYCANS; DYSTROPHIN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; NEURONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745103391     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02363     Document Type: Article

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