Effects of calcium and nucleotides on the structure of insect flight muscle thin filaments.

doi:10.1023/a:1005341502973

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Effects of calcium and nucleotides on the structure of insect flight muscle thin filaments.

Journal of muscle research and cell motility - 1 May 1998

Ruiz T, Bullard B, Lepault J

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The structure of the insect flight muscle thin filament has been studied using a Drosophila mutant (Ifm(2)2) which does not contain thick filaments. Thin filaments that are biochemically identical to those of the wild type can be isolated free from thick filament contamination. We show that isola...

Topics

Actin Cytoskeleton
Actins
Animals
Calcium
Drosophila melanogaster
Microscopy, Electron
Muscles
Mutation
Myosins
Nucleotides
Protein Conformation
Sarcomeres
Tropomyosin

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