The relationship between curvature, flexibility and persistence length in the tropomyosin coiled-coil

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-318

  Li, Xiaochuan ^a,b   Lehman, William ^a   Fischer, Stefan ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Coiled coils; Molecular Dynamics; Persistence length; Thin filaments; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 77951977112     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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