Developmental changes in rat cardiac titin/connectin: Transitions in normal animals and in mutants with a delayed pattern of isoform transition

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 26, Issue 6-8, 2005, Pages 325-332

  Greaser, Marion L ^a   Krzesinski, Paul R ^a   Warren, Chad M ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Brian ^a   Campbell, Kenneth S ^a,c   Moss, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; ISOPROTEIN; N2BA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STARLING LAW; STRETCHING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; EXONS; FETAL HEART; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SARCOMERES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33745698386     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: 15732657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10974-005-9039-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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