Single-molecule measurement of the stiffness of the rigor myosin head

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2160-2169

  Lewalle, Alexandre ^a   Steffen, Walter ^b   Stevenson, Olivia ^a   Ouyang, Zhenqian ^a   Sleep, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFILAMENT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBIT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; MICROFILAMENTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLES; MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENTS; MYOSINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBITS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 44049094435     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.119396     Document Type: Article

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