The case for a common ancestor: Kinesin and myosin motor proteins and G proteins

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 877-886

  Kull, F Jon ^a,b,c   Vale, Ronald D ^a,b   Fletterick, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; KINESIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ADENYLATE KINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; REC A RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0032410805     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005489907021     Document Type: Article

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