Cytoplasmic γ-Actin Is Not Required for Skeletal Muscle Development but Its Absence Leads to a Progressive Myopathy

Developmental Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 387-397

  Sonnemann, Kevin J ^a   Fitzsimons, Daniel P ^a   Patel, Jitandrakumar R ^a   Liu, Yewei ^b   Schneider, Martin F ^b   Moss, Richard L ^a   Ervasti, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; DEVBIO; HUMDISEASE

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GAMMA ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOM; TENDON;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DYSTROPHIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; ORGANOGENESIS;

EID: 33747854588     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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