Quick-freeze deep-etch electron microscopy of the actin-heavy meromyosin complex during the in vitro motility assay

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 349-367

  Katayama, Eisaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acto myosin in vitro motility; Conformational change; Electron microscopy; Myosin crossbridge; Quick freeze deep etch replication

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; MEROMYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PHOSPHATE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

MICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0032079394     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1715     Document Type: Article

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