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Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-96 is a new component of M-lines that interacts with UNC-98 and paramyosin and is required in adult muscle for assembly and/or maintenance of thick filaments.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Sept 2006
Mercer Kristina B, Miller Rachel K, Tinley Tina L, Sheth Seema, Qadota Hiroshi, Benian Guy M
Abstract excerpt
To gain further insight into the molecular architecture, assembly, and maintenance of the sarcomere, we have carried out a molecular analysis of the UNC-96 protein in the muscle of Caenorhabditis elegans. By polarized light microscopy of body wall muscle, unc-96 mutants display reduced myofibrillar organization and characteristic birefringent "needles." By immunofluorescent staining of known myofibril components,...
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