Structural comparisons of muscle and nonmuscle actins give insights into the evolution of their functional differences

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-97

  Mounier, Nicole ^a   Sparrow, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Isoactins; Ligand binding sites; Muscle actins; Nonmuscle actins; Structure function relationship

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MAMMALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSCLES; MYOSINS;

EID: 0031014648     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006125     Document Type: Article

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