The active site of myosin

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue , 1996, Pages 671-702

  Rayment, Ivan ^a   Smith, Clyde ^a,c   Yount, Ralph G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

chemical modification; muscle contraction; myosin; protein structure

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOKINESIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HYDROLYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030004865     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ph.58.030196.003323     Document Type: Review

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