Zebrafish models for nemaline myopathy reveal a spectrum of nemaline bodies contributing to reduced muscle function

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 389-406

  Sztal, Tamar E ^a   Zhao, Mo ^a   Williams, Caitlin ^a   Oorschot, Viola ^a   Parslow, Adam C ^a   Giousoh, Aminah ^a   Yuen, Michaela ^b   Hall, Thomas E ^c   Costin, Adam ^a   Ramm, Georg ^a   Bird, Phillip I ^a   Busch Nentwich, Elisabeth M ^d   Stemple, Derek L ^d   Currie, Peter D ^a   Cooper, Sandra T ^e   Laing, Nigel G ^f   Nowak, Kristen J ^f   Bryson Richardson, Robert J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actin; Myopathy; Nemaline; Protein aggregation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 1; NEBULIN; ACTIN; ACTININ; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NEBULIN PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCOMERE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MORPHOLINOS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE; PHENOTYPE; SARCOMERES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84939572222     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-015-1430-3     Document Type: Article

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