Searching for kinesin's mechanical amplifier

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1396, 2000, Pages 449-457

  Vale, Ronald D ^a,b   Case, Ryan ^b   Sablin, Elena ^b   Hart, Cindy ^a   Fletterick, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinesin; Microtubule; Myosin; Ncd

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RUMEX;

EID: 0034728964     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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