Comprehensive analysis of titin protein isoform and alternative splicing in normal and mutant rats

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1265-1273

  Li, Shijun ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Schmitt, Benjamin M ^a   Greaser, Marion L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

EXON SKIPPING; MIDDLE Ig AND PEVK; N2B; TITIN ISOFORM TRANSITION

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84863119104     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23459     Document Type: Article

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