Functional anatomy of the kinesin molecule in vivo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4404-4413

  Kirchner, Jochen ^a   Seiler, Stephan ^a   Fuchs, Sabine ^a   Schliwa, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimeras; Folding; Kinesin; Mutagenesis; Neurospora crassa

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; KINESIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033575694     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.16.4404     Document Type: Article

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