Nucleotide switches in molecular motors: Structural analysis of kinesins and myosins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 716-724

  Sablin, Elena P ^a   Fletterick, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER;

BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; FORCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035690417     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(01)00265-2     Document Type: Review

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