The stroke size of myosins: A reevaluation

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-187

  Brenner, Bernhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

CELL SURFACE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LIGHT CHAIN; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSIN TYPE I; MYOSIN TYPE II;

EID: 33746056469     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: 15732657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10974-006-9056-7     Document Type: Review

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