Blebbistatin stabilizes the helical order of myosin filaments by promoting the switch 2 closed state

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3322-3329

  Zhao, Fa Qing ^a   Padrón, Raúl ^b   Craig, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; APYRASE; BLEBBISTATIN; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; MYOSIN; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ACTINS; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; APYRASE; ARACHNIDA; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; MUSCLES; MYOSINS; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 55949133242     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.137067     Document Type: Article

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