Muscle Lim protein interacts with cofilin 2 and regulates F-actin dynamics in cardiac and skeletal muscle

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6046-6058

  Papalouka, Vasiliki ^a   Arvanitis, Demetrios A ^a   Vafiadaki, Elizabeth ^a   Mavroidis, Manolis ^a   Papadodima, Stavroula A ^b   Spiliopoulou, Chara A ^b   Kremastinos, Dimitrios T ^c   Kranias, Evangelia G ^a,d   Sanoudou, Despina ^a,b  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFILIN 2; F ACTIN; LIM PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DISEASE MODEL; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; COFILIN 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SARCOMERES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 71949112812     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00654-09     Document Type: Article

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