Gene transfer, expression, and sarcomeric incorporation of a headless myosin molecule in cardiac myocytes: Evidence for a reserve in myofilament motor function

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Vandenboom, Rene ^a,b   Herron, Todd ^a,c   Favre, Elizabeth ^a,c   Albayya, Faris P ^a   Metzger, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SARCOMERE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SEPARATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROFILAMENTS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; SARCOMERES;

EID: 79551493718     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00786.2009     Document Type: Article

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