The Shape and Flexibility of Tropomyosin Coiled Coils: Implications for Actin Filament Assembly and Regulation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 327-339

  Holmes, Kenneth C ^c   Jung, HyunSuk ^d  

^a Edward)   (United States)

^b Edward)   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

actin; coiled coils; electron microscopy; molecular dynamics; tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 73149102752     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.10.060     Document Type: Article

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