The crystal structure of the minus-end-directed microtubule motor protein ncd reveals variable dimer conformations

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1407-1416

  Kozielski, Frank ^a   De Bonis, Salvatore ^a   Burmeister, Wilhelm P ^b   Cohen Addad, Claudine ^a   Wade, Richard H ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Kinesin superfamily; Microtubule motors; Ncd crystal structure

Indexed keywords

DIMER; KINESIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033571450     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)80030-1     Document Type: Article

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