Characterization of amphioxus nebulin and its similarity to human nebulin

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 668-672

  Hanashima, Akira ^a   Kubokawa, Kaoru ^b   Kimura, Sumiko ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

actinin; Actin; Chordate; Connectin; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NEBULIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SARCOMERE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SARCOMERES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA;

EID: 62849089983     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.022681     Document Type: Article

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