Kinesin and myosin: Molecular motors with similar engines

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 501-504

  Rayment, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; NCD PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOSINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030585164     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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