Crystal structures of tropomyosin: Flexible coiled-coil

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 592, Issue , 2007, Pages 137-151

  Nitanai, Yasushi ^a,b   Minakata, Shiho ^a   Maeda, Kayo ^a   Oda, Naoko ^a   Maéda, Yuichiro ^a,b,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN SPring 8 Center ^*  (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALANINE; CALCIUM ION; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEART CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84934442983     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-38453-3_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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