A Drosophila melanogaster model of spinal muscular atrophy reveals a function for SMN in striated muscle

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 831-841

  Rajendra, T K ^a   Gonsalvez, Graydon B ^a   Walker, Michael P ^a   Shpargel, Karl B ^a   Salz, Helen K ^a   Matera, A Gregory ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; PROTEIN SMN1; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MUTATION; MYOFIBRILS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SARCOMERES;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33947217787     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200610053     Document Type: Article

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