Nebulin plays a direct role in promoting strong actin-myosin interactions

FASEB Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4117-4125

  Bang, Marie Louise ^a,b   Caremani, Marco ^c   Brunello, Elisabetta ^c   Littlefield, Ryan ^d   Lieber, Richard L ^e,f,h   Chen, Ju ^g   Lombardi, Vincenzo ^c   Linari, Marco ^c  

^a DULBECCO TELETHON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^h VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeletal proteins; Muscle force generation; Muscle performance

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM ION; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NEBULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSOAS MUSCLE; RIGIDITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THIN FILAMENT; WILD TYPE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS;

MUS;

EID: 72749126316     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-137729     Document Type: Article

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