Dimerization of tropomyosins

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 644, Issue , 2008, Pages 73-84

  Gimona, Mario ^a  

^a Department of Cell Biology and Oncology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 60849099954     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85766-4_6     Document Type: Article

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