Functional identity of the gamma tropomyosin gene: Implications for embryonic development, reproduction and cell viability

BioArchitecture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-59

  Hook, Jeff ^a   Lemckert, Frances ^b   Schevzov, Galina ^a   Fath, Thomas ^a   Gunning, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Isoforms; Redundancy; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN GENE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA TROPOMYOSIN GENE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; DELTA TROPOMYOSIN GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GAMMA TROPOMYOSIN GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TRANSFER; HEMIZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84992231763     PISSN: 19490992     EISSN: 1949100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/bioa.1.1.15172     Document Type: Article

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