Hydrophobicity variations along the surface of the coiled-coil rod may mediate striated muscle myosin assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 371-382

  Hoppe, Pamela E ^a   Waterston, Robert H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PARAMYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029911120     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.2.371     Document Type: Article

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