Tropomyosin position on F-actin revealed by EM reconstruction and computational chemistry

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1005-1013

  Li, Xiaochuan ^a,b   Tobacman, Larry S ^c   Mun, Ji Young ^d   Craig, Roger ^d   Fischer, Stefan ^b   Lehman, William ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 79951834827     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.3697     Document Type: Article

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