Conditional loss-of-myosin-II-function mutants reveal a position in the tail that is critical for filament nucleation

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1043-1050

  Moores, Sheri L ^a   Spudich, James A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT; PROLINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DICTYOSTELIUM; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DICTYOSTELIUM; DIMERIZATION; MICROFILAMENTS; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENTS; MYOSINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROLINE; THREONINE;

EID: 0032087613     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80104-5     Document Type: Article

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