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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
We examined by means of the immunoblotting technique the transition of beta-actinin isoforms during the development of the chicken from 5 day embryo to adult. As an antigen, beta-actinin was prepared from adult chicken breast muscle (pectoralis major) and polyclonal antibody was obtained by injecting undenatured beta-actinin into a rabbit. Immunoblotting examination of breast muscle at several stages of development (except 5 day embryo, in which the whole body minus the head and limbs was examined) showed that the species of beta-actinin subunits change during development: 1) beta I is already present in 5 day embryo, whereas beta II appears only after 9 days. 2) In 5 day embryo, we found, instead of beta II, a new subunit (designated beta III) that cross-reacts with the antibody, has the apparent molecular weight of 30,000 daltons and has a slightly alkaline isoelectric point compared with beta I. The content of beta III gradually decreased and beta III completely disappeared a week after hatching. Such a type of transition of the isoforms in beta-actinin subunits is similar to that observed in other muscle proteins. The transition of beta-actinin isoforms may correlate to the organization of an I-Z-I brush, especially to the length determination of thin filaments, because the developmental stage at which beta III disappears coincides with that at which the length of thin filaments is strictly determined.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-924X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
72-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Transition of beta-actinin isoforms during development of chicken skeletal muscle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physics, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't