A kinesin-like mechanoenzyme from the zygomycete Syncephalastrum racemosum shares biochemical similarities with conventional kinesin from Neurospora crassa

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-131

  Steinberg, Gero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Fungi; Kinesin; Molecular motor; Organelle motility; Syncephalastrum racemosum; Zygomycete

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ISOLATION; MICROTUBULE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOMYCETES;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SYNCEPHALASTRUM; SYNCEPHALASTRUM RACEMOSUM; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0030972867     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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