Cloning and characterization of a myosin from characean alga, the fastest motor protein in the world

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1065-1070

  Kashiyama, Taku ^a   Kimura, Naohiro ^b   Mimura, Tetsuro ^c   Yamamoto, Keiichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characean alga; Cloning; Cytoplasmic streaming; Motor protein; Myosin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MYOSIN;

ALGA; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ALGAE; CHARACEA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033935268     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022699     Document Type: Article

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