Kinesen-driven microtubule motility in the presence of alkaline-earth metal ions: Indication for a calcium ion-dependent motility

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 226-231

  Bohm K J ^a   Steinmetzer, P ^a   Daniel, A ^a   Baum, M ^a   Vater, W ^a   Unger, E ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; KINESIN; MAGNESIUM; METAL ION; STRONTIUM; ALKALINE EARTH METAL;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; KINESIN; MAGNESIUM; METALS, ALKALINE EARTH; MICROTUBULES; MOVEMENT; SWINE;

EID: 0030611078     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)37:3<226::AID-CM4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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