Energy-filtered electron microscopy reveals that talin is a highly flexible protein composed of a series of globular domains

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 430-436

  Winkler, Jörg ^a   Lünsdorf, Heinrich ^b   Jockusch, Brigitte M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytoskeletal; Electron microscopy; Electron spectroscopic imaging; Structure; Talin

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; TALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031033956     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0430a.x     Document Type: Article

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