Proteolytic mapping of kinesin/ncd-microtubule interface: Nucleotide-dependent conformational changes in the loops L8 and L12

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 945-951

  Alonso, Maria C ^a   Van Damme, Jose ^b   Vandekerckhove, Joel ^b   Cross, Robert A ^a  

^a MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Kinesin; Microtubule; Molecular motor; NCD; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN; PROTEINASE; THERMOLYSIN; TUBULIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0032481381     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.4.945     Document Type: Article

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