Visualization of head-head interactions in the inhibited state of smooth muscle myosin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1385-1389

  Wendt, Thomas ^a   Taylor, Dianne ^a   Messier, Terri ^b   Trybus, Kathleen M ^b   Taylor, Kenneth A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myosin head interactions; Myosin light chains; Myosin regulation; Phosphorylation; Two dimensional crystalline arrays

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENTS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0033611141     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.7.1385     Document Type: Article

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