The initial steps of myofibril assembly: Integrins pave the way

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-298

  Sparrow, John C ^a   Schöck, Frieder ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; INTEGRIN; MYOSIN;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; THIN FILAMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL-MATRIX JUNCTIONS; INTEGRINS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; SARCOMERES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 62849125813     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2634     Document Type: Review

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