What makes tropomyosin an actin binding protein? A perspective

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-324

  Hitchcock DeGregori, Sarah E ^a   Singh, Abhishek ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Ala clusters; Coiled coil protein; Disordered protein; Thin filament regulation; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALANINE; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACTINS; BINDING SITES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 77951977436     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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