Single fungal kinesin motor molecules move processively along microtubules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1833-1843

  Lakämper, Stefan ^a,b,c   Kallipolitou, Athina ^b   Woehlke, Günther ^b   Schliwa, Manfred ^b   Meyhöfer, Edgar ^a,c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0037340878     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74991-1     Document Type: Article

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