X-ray diffraction indicates that active cross-bridges bind to actin target zones in insect flight muscle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1439-1451

  Tregear, R T ^a   Edwards, R J ^b   Irving, T C ^c   Pooled, K J V ^d   Reedy, M C ^b   Schmitz, H ^e   Towns Andrews, E ^f   Reedy, M K ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN; TROPONIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INSECT; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031934618     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77856-7     Document Type: Article

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