New insights into the molecular basis of desmoplakin and desmin-related cardiomyopathies

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 4974-4985

  Lapouge, Karine ^a,d   Fantao, Lionel ^a   Champliaud, Marie France ^a   Jaunin, Fabienne ^a   Frias, Miguel A ^a   Favre, Bertrand ^a,e   Paulin, Denise ^b   Green, Kathleen J ^c   Borradori, Luca ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte; Cardiomyopathy; Desmin; Desmoplakin; Intermediate filaments; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; DESMOPLAKIN; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CELLS, CULTURED; DESMIN; DESMOPLAKINS; HUMANS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFECTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33845889218     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03255     Document Type: Article

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