Role of myofibril-inducing RNA in cardiac TnT expression in developing Mexican axolotl

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-37

  Sferrazza, Gian Franco ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Jia, Pingping ^a   Lemanski, Sharon L ^a   Athauda, Gagani ^a   Stassi, Alyssa ^a   Halager, Kristine ^a   Maier, Jennifer A ^a   Rueda de Leon, Elena ^a   Gupta, Amit ^a   Dube, Syamalima ^b   Huang, Xupei ^a   Prentice, Howard M ^a   Dube, Dipak K ^b   Lemanski, Larry F ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Axolotl; Cardiac troponin T; Myofibril

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; RNA; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN T;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIN FILAMENT;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBRILS; RNA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TROPONIN T;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 34147106428     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.064     Document Type: Article

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