Alternative S2 Hinge Regions of the Myosin Rod Differentially Affect Muscle Function, Myofibril Dimensions and Myosin Tail Length

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 367, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1312-1329

  Suggs, Jennifer A ^a   Cammarato, Anthony ^a   Kronert, William A ^a   Nikkhoy, Massoud ^a   Dambacher, Corey M ^a   Megighian, Aram ^b   Bernstein, Sanford I ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila; indirect flight muscle; myofibril; myosin; S2 hinge

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FAST MUSCLE; FLIGHT MUSCLE; INSECT GENETICS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SLOW MUSCLE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33947150032     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.01.045     Document Type: Article

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