Large isoforms of UNC-89 (obscurin) are required for muscle cell architecture and optimal calcium release in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Spooner, Patrick M ^a   Bonner, Jennifer ^a,c   Maricq, Andres V ^d   Benian, Guy M ^b   Norman, Kenneth R ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN; OBSCURIN; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SARCOMERE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STOP CODON; VAV1 GENE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 84863614119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040182     Document Type: Article

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