n-ethylmaleimide and ethacrynic acid inhibit kinesin binding to microtubules in a motility assay

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-299

  Walker, R A ^a   O'Brien, E T ^b   Epstein, D L ^b   Sheetz, M P ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethacrynic acid; Kinesin; Microtubule; n ethylmaleimide; Sulfhydryl

Indexed keywords

ETACRYNIC ACID; KINESIN; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SQUID;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; DECAPODIFORMES; ETHACRYNIC ACID; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 0030749523     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)37:4<289::AID-CM1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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