Mutation that dramatically alters rat titin isoform expression and cardiomyocyte passive tension

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 983-991

  Greaser, Marion L ^a   Warren, Chad M ^a   Esbona, Karla ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Duan, Yingli ^a   Parrish, Amanda M ^a   Krzesinski, Paul R ^a   Norman, Holly S ^a   Dunning, Sandra ^a   Fitzsimons, Daniel P ^a   Moss, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Heart; Isoforms; Passive tension; Titin

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; ISOPROTEIN; TROPONIN T;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; STARLING LAW; WILD TYPE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; EXONS; HEART; HOMOZYGOTE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SARCOMERES; TROPONIN T;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 44649200448     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.02.272     Document Type: Article

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