UNC-98 and UNC-96 interact with paramyosin to promote its incorporation into thick filaments of Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1529-1539

  Miller, Rachel K ^a,b   Qadota, Hiroshi ^a   Mercer, Kristina B ^a   Gernert, Kim M ^b   Benian, Guy M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PARAMYOSIN; PROTEIN UNC 96; PROTEIN UNC 98;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE INTERACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DNA, HELMINTH; GENES, HELMINTH; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TROPOMYOSIN; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 44949130809     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E07-07-0723     Document Type: Article

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