Deficiency of α-actinin-3 is associated with increased susceptibility to contraction-induced damage and skeletal muscle remodeling

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2914-2927

  Seto, Jane T ^a,b   Lek, Monkol ^a,b   Quinlan, Kate G R ^a,b   Houweling, Peter J ^a   Zheng, Xi F ^a   Garton, Fleur ^a,b   MacArthur, Daniel G ^a   Raftery, Joanna M ^a   Garvey, Sean M ^c   Hauser, Michael A ^c   Yang, Nan ^a   Head, Stewart I ^d   North, Kathryn N ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 2; ALPHA ACTININ 3; CONNECTIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCULIN; ZASP PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOZYGOSITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SARCOMERE;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN KINASES; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VINCULIN;

EID: 79960125852     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr196     Document Type: Article

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