Dynamic measurement of myosin light-chain-domain tilt and twist in muscle contraction

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6743, 1999, Pages 425-430

  Corrie, J E T ^a   Brandmeier, B D ^a   Ferguson, R E ^a   Trentham, D R ^a   Kendrick Jones, J ^b   Hopkins, S C ^c   Van Der Heide, U A ^c   Goldman, Y E ^c   Sabido David, C ^d   Dale, R E ^d   Criddle, S ^d   Irving, M ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0033615015     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22704     Document Type: Article

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