Caenorhabditis elegans muscle: A genetic and molecular model for protein interactions in the heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1082-1095

  Benian, Guy M ^a   Epstein, Henry F ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans sarcomere structure; cardiomyopathies; model genetics; sarcomere assembly

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PROTEOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; MUTATION; NEMATODE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSCLES; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS;

EID: 80054966402     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.237685     Document Type: Review

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