Walking on two heads: The many talents of kinesin

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-58

  Woehlke, Günther ^a   Schliwa, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYOSINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0034303806     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35036069     Document Type: Review

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