On Myosin II dynamics in the presence of external loads

BioSystems

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-175

  Buonocore, A ^a   Caputo, L ^a   Ishii, Y ^b,c   Pirozzi, E ^a   Yanagida, T ^b,c   Ricciardi, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acto myosin dynamics; Lever arm; Loose coupling

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II;

BIOLOGY;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 22044442444     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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