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ArticleCell motility and the cytoskeleton2008

Expression and alternative splicing of N-RAP during mouse skeletal muscle development.

Shajia Lu, Diane E Borst, Robert Horowits

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Article in Cell motility and the cytoskeleton, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shajia LuLaboratory of Muscle Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8024, USA.
Diane E Borst
Robert Horowits
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · US

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms Of Myofibril Assembly And FunctionZIAAR027014 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI HOROWITS, ROBERT · 2009 to 2011
$1.8M
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MYOFIBRIL ASSEMBLY AND FUNCTIONZ01AR027014 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI HOROWITS, ROBERT · 1992 to 2008
$1.7M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AR027014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-RAP alternative splicing and protein localization were studied in developing skeletal muscle tissue from pre- and postnatal mice and in fusing primary myotubes in culture. Messages encoding N-RAP-s and N-RAP-c, the predominant isoforms of N-RAP detected in adult skeletal muscle and heart, respectively, were present in a 5:1 ratio in skeletal muscle isolated from E16.5 embryos. N-RAP-s mRNA levels increased three-fold over the first 3 weeks of postnatal development, while N-RAP-c mRNA levels remained low. N-RAP alternative splicing during myotube differentiation in culture was similar to the pattern observed in embryonic and neonatal muscle, with N-RAP-s expression increasing and N-RAP-c mRNA levels remaining low. In both developing skeletal muscle and cultured myotubes, N-RAP protein was primarily associated with developing myofibrillar structures containing alpha-actinin, but was not present in mature myofibrils. The results establish that N-RAP-s is the predominant spliced form of N-RAP present throughout skeletal muscle development.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalActininAnimalsCells, CulturedExonsGene ExpressionMiceMuscle DevelopmentMuscle ProteinsMyofibrilsProtein IsoformsActininMuscle ProteinsNrap protein, mouseProtein Isoforms

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PMID18792955
PMCPMC2754055
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