Gas7-deficient mouse reveals roles in motor function and muscle fiber composition during aging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Bo Tsang ^a,b   Chang, Pu Yuan ^c   Su, Ching Hua ^b   Chao, Chuck C K ^c   Lin Chao, Sue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN 1; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC GENE 7; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WILD TYPE;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUTANT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

MUS;

EID: 84861474728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037702     Document Type: Article

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