The vertebrate myosin heavy chain: Genetics and assembly properties

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-129

  Vikstrom, Karen L ^a   Seiler, Stephanie H ^a   Sohn, Regina L ^a   Strauss, Michael ^a   Weiss, Allison ^a   Welikson, Robert E ^a   Leinwand, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SARCOMERE; THIN FILAMENT; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030905956     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.22.123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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