Atomic model of a myosin filament in the relaxed state

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7054, 2005, Pages 1195-1199

  Woodhead, John L ^a   Zhao, Fa Qing ^a   Craig, Roger ^a   Egelman, Edward H ^b   Alamo, Lorenzo ^c   Padrón, Raúl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBERS; SWITCHING;

INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYOSIN; MYOSIN FILAMENT; THIN FILAMENTS;

MUSCLE;

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MYOFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SPIDERS;

EID: 24144484776     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03920     Document Type: Article

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