2000
βiv Spectrin, a New Spectrin Localized at Axon Initial Segments and Nodes of Ranvier in the Central and Peripheral Nervous System
Berghs S, Aggujaro D, Dirkx R, Maksimova E, Stabach P, Hermel J, Zhang J, Philbrick W, Slepnev V, Ort T, Solimena M. βiv Spectrin, a New Spectrin Localized at Axon Initial Segments and Nodes of Ranvier in the Central and Peripheral Nervous System. Journal Of Cell Biology 2000, 151: 985-1002. PMID: 11086001, PMCID: PMC2174349, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.151.5.985.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAnkyrinsAutoantigensAxonsBlood ProteinsBrain ChemistryChromosomesCloning, MolecularCOS CellsCytoplasmCytoskeletonDiabetic NeuropathiesGene ExpressionHippocampusHumansIslets of LangerhansMaleMembrane ProteinsMiceMolecular Sequence DataNerve Tissue ProteinsPhosphoproteinsProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein Tyrosine PhosphatasesRanvier's NodesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 8RNA, MessengerSciatic NerveSignal TransductionSodium ChannelsSpectrinConceptsPleckstrin homology domainHomology domainBetaIV spectrinActin-binding domainAxon initial segmentPutative SH3Alternative splicingSpectrin geneSpectrin repeatsDetergent extractabilityCell adhesion moleculeNodes of RanvierSubcellular fractionationTerminal halfAdditional isoformsDistinct isoformsLong isoformNorthern blotSpectrinAbundant expressionΒIV-spectrinIsoformsSpectrin antibodiesEmbryonic day 19Initial segment
1996
The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle.
Weed SA, Stabach PR, Oyer CE, Gallagher PG, Morrow JS. The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle. Laboratory Investigation 1996, 74: 1117-29. PMID: 8667615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta ISpectrin skeletonSkeletal muscleMost such mutationsGene transferAdult mouse skeletal muscleDominant-negative fashionErythroid lineage cellsNeonatal skeletal muscleCultured muscle cellsAlpha beta heterodimersErythrocyte shape abnormalitiesMuscle cellsMouse skeletal muscleDefective proteinSpectrin geneAlternative transcriptsHemolytic phenotypeCDNA constructsNull phenotypeC2C12 myoblastsBeta heterodimerSpectrin mutationsSedimentation velocity analysisIntracellular distribution