Fine tuning a molecular motor: The location of alternative domains in the Drosophila myosin head

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Bernstein, Sanford I ^a   Milligan, Ronald A ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative RNA splicing; Muscle; Myosin heavy chain; Protein function

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHICKEN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GALLUS GALLUS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031559585     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1160     Document Type: Editorial

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