The structural basis of muscle contraction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1396, 2000, Pages 419-431

  Holmes, Kenneth C ^a   Geeves, Michael A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Kinetics; Muscle mechanism; Myosin; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034728847     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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