The myosin interacting-heads motif is present in the relaxed thick filament of the striated muscle of scorpion

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-478

  Pinto, Antonio ^a   Sánchez, Fredi ^a   Alamo, Lorenzo ^a   Padrón, Raúl ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Cryo electron microscopy; Myosin interacting heads motif; Myosin thick filament; Negative staining; Scorpion; Tarantula

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CARDIAC MYOSIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE; LIMULUS; MYOFILAMENT; MYOSIN INTERACTING HEAD MOTIF; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SCALLOP; SCORPION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, STRIATED; MYOSINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SCORPIONS;

INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS; SCORPIONES; TARANTULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868462586     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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