Motors in muscle: The function of conventional myosin II

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue , 2000, Pages 19-31

  Bagshaw, Clive R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN II;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUSCLES; MYOSIN TYPE II;

EID: 0034351412     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bse0350019     Document Type: Article

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