Millennial musings on molecular motors

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Vale, Ronald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDASE; SEPTIN; TUBULIN;

CELL MOTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0033432856     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(99)01476-0     Document Type: Review

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