A two-segment model for thin filament architecture in skeletal muscle

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-119

  Gokhin, David S ^a   Fowler, Velia M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NEBULIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFILAMENT; MYOPATHY; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIN FILAMENT;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; CAPZ ACTIN CAPPING PROTEIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE; SARCOMERES; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 84872925287     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3510     Document Type: Review

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