Distance measurements near the myosin head-rod junction using fluorescence spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-47

  Kekic, Murat ^a   Huang, William ^a   Moens, Pierre D J ^a   Hambly, Brett D ^a   Dos Remedios, Cristobal G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT 1;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029993250     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79230-5     Document Type: Article

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