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SUBMITTER: Hammarlund M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2174563 | biostudies-literature | 2000 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hammarlund M M Davis W S WS Jorgensen E M EM
The Journal of cell biology 20000501 4
beta-Spectrin is a major component of the membrane skeleton, a structure found at the plasma membrane of most animal cells. beta-Spectrin and the membrane skeleton have been proposed to stabilize cell membranes, generate cell polarity, or localize specific membrane proteins. We demonstrate that the Caenorhabditis elegans homologue of beta-spectrin is encoded by the unc-70 gene. unc-70 null mutants develop slowly, and the adults are paralyzed and dumpy. However, the membrane integrity is not impa ...[more]