Decreased expression of myogenic transcription factors and myosin heavy chains in Caenorhabditis elegans muscles developed during spaceflight

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3209-3218

  Higashibata, Akira ^a   Szewczyk, Nathaniel J ^b,e   Conley, Catharine A ^b   Imamizo Sato, Mari ^c   Higashitani, Atsushi ^d   Ishioka, Noriaki ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Development; Muscle remodeling; Myosin heavy chain; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CEH 22 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CEH-22 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HLH 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HLH-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PEB 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PEB-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PHA 4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PHA-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPACE FLIGHT;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLES; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPACE FLIGHT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749183692     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02365     Document Type: Article

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