Directional loading of the kinesin motor molecule as it buckles a microtubule

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 418-429

  Gittes, Frederick ^a,b   Meyhöfer, Edgar ^a,c   Baek, Sung ^a   Howard, Jonathon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROLYSIS; MACROMOLECULE; MICROTUBULE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030058832     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79585-1     Document Type: Article

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