Molecular and immunohistochemical analyses of cardiac troponin T during cardiac development in the Mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Zhang, C ^a   Pietras, K M ^b   Sferrazza, G F ^a   Jia, P ^a   Athauda, G ^a   Rveda De Leon, E ^a   Maier, J A ^a   Dube, D K ^b   Lemanski, S L ^a   Lemanski, L F ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Axolotl; Cardiac Troponin T; Myofibril; Striated muscle contraction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN T;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN T;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845646245     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20918     Document Type: Article

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