Kin I Kinesins: Insights into the Mechanism of Depolymerization

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 453-469

  Hertzer, Kathleen M ^a   Ems McClung, Stephanie C ^a   Walczak, Claire E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microtubule dynamics; Mitosis; Molecular motor proteins

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; KIN I KINESIN; KINESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; GEL FILTRATION; GENE DELETION; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DIMERIZATION; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TUBULIN;

EID: 0345863606     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230390267419     Document Type: Review

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