Alternate fast and slow stepping of a heterodimeric kinesin molecule

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1079-1082

  Kaseda, Kuniyoshi ^a,b   Higuchi, Hideo ^c   Hirose, Keiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DIMER; KINESIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE;

DIMERIZATION; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345257160     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1067     Document Type: Article

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