A 29 residue region of the sarcomeric myosin rod is necessary for filament formation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 317-330

  Sohn, Regina L ^a   Vikstrom, Karen L ^a   Strauss, Michael ^a   Cohen, Carolyn ^b   Szent Gyorgyi, Andrew G ^b   Leinwand, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Myosin; Sarcomeric; Thick filament; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CHIMERA; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; MICROSCOPY; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SARCOMERE; SOLUBILITY; STAINING;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031581843     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0790     Document Type: Article

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