Three-dimensional image reconstruction of reconstituted smooth muscle thin filaments: Effects of caldesmon

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2398-2404

  Hodgkinson, J L ^a,b,c   Marston, S B ^a   Craig, R ^b   Vibert, P ^d   Lehman, W ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID; CALDESMON; F ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030927201     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78885-4     Document Type: Article

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