Myosin filament structure in vertebrate smooth muscle

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-66

  Xu, Jun Qing ^a   Harder, Beatrice A ^a,b   Uman, Pedro ^a   Craig, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; CHICKENS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GUINEA PIGS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RABBITS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029987687     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.1.53     Document Type: Article

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