Kinesin and NCD, two structural cousins of myosin

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-175

  Sellers, James R ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; KINESIN; MYOSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MYOSINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0029894701     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00124239     Document Type: Note

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