Expression and purification of large nebulin fragments and their interaction with actin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 349-359

  Zhang, Jian Q ^a   Weisberg, Andrea ^b   Horowits, Robert ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEBULIN; THIOREDOXIN; UREA;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0031962157     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77792-6     Document Type: Article

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