Direct visualization of secondary structures of F-actin by electron cryomicroscopy

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7316, 2010, Pages 724-728

  Fujii, Takashi ^a   Iwane, Atsuko H ^a   Yanagida, Toshio ^a   Namba, Keiichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; G ACTIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; VISUALIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; MOTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TERMINAL SEQUENCE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RABBITS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 77957996302     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09372     Document Type: Article

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