α-Actinin Is Required for the Proper Assembly of Z-Disk/Focal-Adhesion-Like Structures and for Efficient Locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 403, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-528

  Moulder, Gary L ^a   Cremona, Gina H ^b   Duerr, Janet ^a   Stirman, Jeffrey N ^b   Fields, Stephen D ^a   Martin, Wendy ^a   Qadota, Hiroshi ^c   Benian, Guy M ^c   Lu, Hang ^b   Barstead, Robert J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Focal adhesion; Muscle; actinin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; INTEGRIN; TALIN; VINCULIN; ACTININ; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIGENETICS; FOCAL ADHESION; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SWIMMING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENETICS; MUSCLE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FOCAL ADHESIONS; GENE DELETION; GENES, HELMINTH; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 77957893213     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.055     Document Type: Article

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