A developmentally regulated kinesin-related motor protein from Dictyostelium discoideum

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2093-2106

  De Hostos, Eugenio L ^a   McCaffrey, Gretchen ^b,d   Sucgang, Richard ^c   Pierce, Daniel W ^b   Vale, Ronald D ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031858040     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.8.2093     Document Type: Article

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