Orientation of the essential light chain region of myosin in relaxed, active, and rigor muscle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3882-3891

  Knowles, Andrea C ^a,b   Ferguson, Roisean E ^a,b,c   Brandmeier, Birgit D ^a   Sun, Yin Biao ^a   Trentham, David R ^a   Irving, Malcolm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLES; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS;

EID: 56049101395     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.131508     Document Type: Article

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