Directionality of kinesin motors

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 813-821

  Kasprzak, Andrzej A ^a   Hajdo, Łukasz ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

ATP; Force generation; Kinesin; Microtubule; Molecular motor; Movement; Mutation; ncd; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141937242     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2002_3741     Document Type: Review

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