Processivity of the motor protein kinesin requires two heads

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1395-1405

  Hancock, William O ^a   Howard, Jonathon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DROSOPHILA; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032559822     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.6.1395     Document Type: Article

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