Role of E2-Ub-conjugating enzymes during skeletal muscle atrophy

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Polge, Cecile ^a   Attaix, Didier ^a   Taillandier, Daniel ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Atrophy; E2 ubiquitin conjugating enzyme; E3 ubiquitin ligase; Proteasome; Skeletal muscle; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; ATROGIN 1; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MUSCLE RING FINGER 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN MDM2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RING FINGER PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2A; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2B; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2D; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2D2; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2E3; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2G1; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2G2; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2J2; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2L3; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 2O; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME E2; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BURN; CATALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HEAD INJURY; HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUMOYLATION; UBIQUITINATION; UPREGULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84926466807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00059     Document Type: Review

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