Bifunctional Rhodamine Probes of Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Orientation in Relaxed Skeletal Muscle Fibers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2329-2341

  Brack, Andrew S ^a   Brandmeier, Birgit D ^b   Ferguson, Roisean E ^b   Criddle, Susan ^a   Dale, Robert E ^a   Irving, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; LYSINE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIPOLE; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PSOAS MUSCLE; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1942423256     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74290-3     Document Type: Article

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