Drosophila, Muscle Regulation Characterized by Electron Microscopy and Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Thin Filament Mutants

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1618-1624

  Cammarato, Anthony ^a   Hatch, Victoria ^a   Saide, Judith ^a   Craig, Roger ^b   Sparrow, John C ^c   Tobacman, Larry S ^d,e   Lehman, William ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM ION; F ACTIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542315447     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74229-0     Document Type: Article

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