Alternative N-terminal regions of Drosophila myosin heavy chain tune muscle kinetics for optimal power output

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1805-1814

  Swank, Douglas M ^a   Kronert, William A ^b   Bernstein, Sanford I ^b   Maughan, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EMB 3B PROTEIN; IFI 3A PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXON; FLIGHT; FLIGHT MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MECHANIC; NONHUMAN; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; TRIXIS;

EID: 4444288620     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.032078     Document Type: Article

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