The design plan of kinesin motors

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 13, Issue , 1997, Pages 745-777

  Vale, Ronald D ^a   Fletterick, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Kinesin; Microtubules; Motor proteins; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

CYTOARCHITECTURE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; KINESIN; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0031468103     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.13.1.745     Document Type: Review

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