unc-94 Encodes a Tropomodulin in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 374, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 936-950

  Stevenson, Tesheka O ^a,b   Mercer, Kristina B ^a   Cox, Elisabeth A ^c   Szewczyk, Nathaniel J ^d,e   Conley, Catharine A ^d   Hardin, Jeffrey D ^c   Benian, Guy M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; myofibrils; striated muscle; thin filaments; tropomodulin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIBODY; F ACTIN; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN UNC 94; TROPOMODULIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTRON; MUSCLE CELL; MUTANT; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SARCOMERE; SF20 GENE; STOP CODON; SU177 GENE; THIN FILAMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UNC 94 GENE; UNC 94A GENE; UNC 94B GENE; VULVA; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 35748950394     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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