Nebulin, a major player in muscle health and disease

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 822-829

  Labeit, Siegfried ^a   Ottenheijm, Coen A C ^b   Granzier, Henk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium sensitivity; Muscle contraction; Nemaline myopathy; Regulation; Sarcolipin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN 3; BETA TROPOMYOSIN; CALCIUM; COFILIN 2; CONNECTIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NEBULIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN T; TROPONIN T TYPE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOFILAMENT; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; THIN FILAMENT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE;

MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79954615189     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-157412     Document Type: Review

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