Molecular architecture of muscles in an acoel and its evolutionary implications

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 316 B, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 427-439

  Chiodin, Marta ^a   Achatz, Johannes G ^a   Wanninger, Andreas ^b   Martinez, Pedro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN I;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURBELLARIA; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSCLES; SARCOMERES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN I; TURBELLARIA; WOUND HEALING;

ACOELA; BILATERIA; INVERTEBRATA; SYMSAGITTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79961170122     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21416     Document Type: Article

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