Tropomyosin is required for cardiac morphogenesis, myofibril assembly, and formation of adherens junctions in the developing mouse embryo

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 243, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 800-817

  Mckeown, Caroline R ^a   Nowak, Roberta B ^a   Gokhin, David S ^a   Fowler, Velia M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte; Cell junction; Heart; Myofibrillogenesis; Myomesin; Thin filament; Titin; Tropomodulin1; actinin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; CADHERIN; F ACTIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN; TROPOMODULIN1 PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TPM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; THIN FILAMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HEART; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 84901198423     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24115     Document Type: Article

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