NALT

Preferred term

myosin light chains

Chemical

The smaller subunits of myosins that bind near the head groups of myosin heavy chains. The myosin light chains have a molecular weight of about 20 KDa and there are usually one essential and one regulatory pair of light chains associated with each heavy chain.

protein subunits

myosin alkali light chains
myosin essential light chains
myosin regulatory light chains

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

24634

Spanish

cadenas ligeras de miosina

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/21142

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 11/30/12