Molecular Basis of Tropomyosin Binding to Tropomodulin, an Actin-capping Protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 608-618

  Kostyukova, Alla S ^a   Hitchcock DeGregori, Sarah E ^a   Greenfield, Norma J ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

actin filament; circular dichroism; nuclear magnetic resonance; tropomodulin; tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; TROPOMODULIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548176712     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.084     Document Type: Article

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