Structure-function relation of the myosin motor in striated muscle

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1047, Issue , 2005, Pages 232-247

  Reconditi, Massimo ^a,b   Linari, Marco ^a,b   Lucii, Leonardo ^a,b   Stewart, Alex ^c   Sun, Yin Biao ^d   Narayanan, Theyencheri ^e   Irving, Tom ^f   Piazzesi, Gabriella ^a,b   Irving, Malcolm ^d   Lombardi, Vincenzo ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFM Operating Group Grenoble   (France)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g DBAG   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myosin motor; Striated muscle; Working stroke; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANURA;

EID: 23744449882     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1341.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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