PKN-1, a homologue of mammalian PKN, is involved in the regulation of muscle contraction and force transmission in C. elegans

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 222-231

  Qadota, Hiroshi ^a,b   Miyauchi, Takayuki ^a   Nahabedian, John F ^c   Stirman, Jeffrey N ^c   Lu, Hang ^c   Amano, Mutsuki ^a,d   Benian, Guy M ^b   Kaibuchi, Kozo ^a,d  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. elegans; contraction; Muscle; PKN; Rho GTPase

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE N; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSE BODY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952313987     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.01.039     Document Type: Article

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