Essential "ankle" in the myosin lever arm

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-6

  Pylypenko, Olena ^a   Houdusse, Anne M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIVALVIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOSIN TYPE II;

EID: 78651074473     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017676108     Document Type: Note

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