Role of the kinesin neck region in processive microtubule-based motility

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1407-1416

  Romberg, Laura ^a   Pierce, Daniel W ^a,b   Vale, Ronald D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KINESIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; KINESIN; MALE; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEA URCHINS; SPERM TAIL;

EID: 0032559824     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.140.6.1407     Document Type: Article

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