Electron microscopic studies on myosin molecules from chicken gizzard muscle III. Myosin dimers.
Previously, we (Onishi, H. & Wakabayashi, T. (1982) J. Biochem. 92, 871) reported that the ATP-induced disassembly of chicken gizzard "thick filaments" resulted in myosin monomers with "looped" tails. In the present study, we found that these monomers assembled themselves into antiparallel dimers when they were placed in a medium of low ionic strength (approximately 2 mM).
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