CYTOSKELETON

 

Part 1.     

Knockout mice technology has allowed the determination of the function of many proteins including a whole range of cytoskeletal proteins eg desmin, keratin 14.

 

Using pubmed or medline searches find a research study in which a knockout mouse has been created for a cytoskeletal protein. Attached to a copy of the front page of this paper, summarise the findings in a few sentences, answering the following questions:

 

 

 

 Part 2.

There are number of excellent web sites that show images and/or describe the function of different cytoskeleton proteins. Links to Cytoskeletal websites.

 

Look up two different sites and describe in a few sentences;