Assembly of thick filaments and myofibrils occurs in the absence of the myosin head

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1793-1804

  Cripps, Richard M ^a,b   Suggs, Jennifer A ^b   Bernstein, Sanford I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Muscle; myofibril; Myosin; Thick filament

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLIGHT MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033118853     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.7.1793     Document Type: Article

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