Persistence length of human cardiac α-tropomyosin measured by single molecule direct probe microscopy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Loong, Campion K P ^a,b   Zhou, Huan Xiang ^a,b   Chase, P Bryant ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; CALCIUM ION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIN FILAMENT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CALCIUM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HEART; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIUM; POLYLYSINE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 84862687135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039676     Document Type: Article

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