The atypical calpains: Evolutionary analyses and roles in Caenorhabditis elegans cellular degeneration

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Joyce, Peter I ^a   Satija, Rahul ^b,c   Chen, Maozi ^a   Kuwabara, Patricia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; CALPAIN; CALPAIN 1; CALCIUM; CAPN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CLP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DYSTROPHIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN COMPLEX; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM DYSREGULATION; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALPAIN GENE; CATALYSIS; CELL DEGENERATION; CIONA; CLADISTICS; CLP 1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSE BODY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SARCOMERE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN COMPLEX; EF HAND MOTIFS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PARALYSIS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84859237505     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002602     Document Type: Article

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