A conserved C-terminal assembly region in paramyosin and myosin rods

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 180-187

  Cohen, Carolyn ^a   Parry, David A D ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assembly; C terminus; Myosin; Paramyosin; helical coiled coils

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; PARAMYOSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYOFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERTEBRATE;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031692830     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.3983     Document Type: Article

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