Targeted homozygous deletion of M-band titin in cardiomyocytes prevents sarcomere formation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4322-4331

  Musa, Hanny ^a   Meek, Stephen ^b   Gautel, Mathias ^c   Peddie, Dianna ^b   Smith, Andrew J H ^b   Peckham, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Muscle; Myofibrillogenesis; Titin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CARDIAC MYOSIN; CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; MYOMESIN; PROTEIN MURF2; PROTEIN NBR1; PROTEIN P62; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBRILS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEINS; SARCOMERES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33751192641     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03198     Document Type: Article

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