Structures of kinesin and kinesin-microtubule interactions

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-44

  Mandelkow, Eckhard ^a   Hoenger, Andreas ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK UNIT FOR STRUCTURAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROTUBULE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0032966626     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)80005-2     Document Type: Article

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