Leiomodin 3 and tropomodulin 4 have overlapping functions during skeletal myofibrillogenesis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-250

  Nworu, Chinedu U ^a   Kraft, Robert ^a   Schnurr, Daniel C ^a   Gregorio, Carol C ^a   Krieg, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin thin filament; Leiomodin; Sarcomere; Skeletal muscle; Tropomodulin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN CAPPING PROTEIN; LEIOMODIN 3; TROPOMODULIN; TROPOMODULIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LEIOMODIN-3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ACTIN CAPPING; ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCOMERE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MYOFIBRILLOGENESIS; THIN FILAMENT; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARDIAC MUSCLE; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; SARCOMERES; TROPOMODULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84921396316     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.152702     Document Type: Article

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