Electron tomography of fast frozen, stretched rigor fibers reveals elastic distortions in the myosin crossbridges

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 268-282

  Liu, Jun ^a   Reedy, Mary C ^b   Goldman, Yale E ^c   Franzini Armstrong, Clara ^c   Sasaki, Hiroyuki ^c   Tregear, Richard T ^d   Lucaveche, Carmen ^b   Winkler, Hanspeter ^a   Baumann, Bruce A J ^a   Squire, John M ^e   Irving, Thomas C ^f   Reedy, Michael K ^b   Taylor, Kenneth A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Electron microscopy; Image processing; Muscle physiology

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FREEZING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOSINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

INSECTA;

EID: 2142840300     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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