Myosin-II tails confer unique functions in Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Characterization of a novel myosin-II tail

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-91

  Bezanilla, Magdalena ^a,b   Pollard, Thomas D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033973129     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.1.79     Document Type: Article

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