Steady-state fluorescence polarization studies of the orientation of myosin regulatory light chains in single skeletal muscle fibers using pure isomers of iodoacetamidotetramethylrhodamine

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3083-3092

  Sabido David, Cibele ^a   Brandmeier, Birgit ^b   Craik, James S ^b   Corrie, John E T ^b   Trentham, David R ^b   Irving, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSOAS MUSCLE; SARCOMERE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031806116     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)78015-4     Document Type: Article

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