Force production by single kinesin motors

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 718-723

  Schnitzer, Mark J ^a   Visscher, Koen ^b   Block, Steven M ^c  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN; MYOSIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; FORCE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMECHANICS; KINESIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOVEMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034306462     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35036345     Document Type: Article

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