Actomyosin: Law and order in motility

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-34

  Volkmann, Niels ^a   Hanein, Dorit ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CATALYSIS; CELL MOTILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0033952309     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)00053-8     Document Type: Review

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