Rescue of skeletal muscle α-actin-null mice by cardiac (fetal) α-actin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 903-915

  Nowak, Kristen J ^a,b   Ravenscroft, Gianina ^a,b   Jackaman, Connie ^a,b   Filipovska, Aleksandra ^a,b   Davies, Stefan M ^a,b   Lim, Esther M ^a,b   Squire, Sarah E ^c   Potter, Allyson C ^c   Baker, Elizabeth ^d   Clément, Sophie ^e   Sewry, Caroline A ^f   Fabian, Victoria ^g   Crawford, Kelly ^h   Lessard, James L ^h   Griffiths, Lisa M ^g   Papadimitriou, John M ^a   Shen, Yun ^a,b   Morahan, Grant ^a,b   Bakker, Anthony J ^a   Davies, Kay E ^c   Laing, Nigel G ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; MYOPATHY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROTAROD TEST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 66349112238     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200812132     Document Type: Article

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