The coiled-coil helix in the neck of kinesin

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 30-41

  Thormahlen M ^a   Marx, A ^a   Sack, S ^a   Mandelkow, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK UNIT FOR STRUCTURAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Microtubules; Motility; Motor proteins; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0041135885     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.3986     Document Type: Article

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