Kinesin hydrolyses one ATP per 8-nm step

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6640, 1997, Pages 386-390

  Schnitzer, Mark J ^a   Block, Steven M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; VELOCITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DECAPODIFORMES; HYDROLYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; KINESIN; LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0030744142     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41111     Document Type: Article

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