Sarcomere formation occurs by the assembly of multiple latent protein complexes

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Rui, Yanning ^a   Bai, Jianwu ^a,c   Perrimon, Norbert ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; INTEGRIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERDIGITATING CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SARCOMERE; THIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INTEGRINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; SARCOMERES; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN;

EID: 78649708350     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001208     Document Type: Article

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