Molecular engineering of a backwards-moving myosin motor

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6974, 2004, Pages 558-561

  Tsiavaliaris, Georgios ^a,b   Fujita Becker, Setsuko ^b   Manstein, Dietmar J ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; NATURAL SCIENCES; PROTEINS;

BINDING SITES; MOLECULAR BUILDING BLOCKS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANYLATE BINDING PROTEIN 1; MYOSIN; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FAMILY; ROTATION;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYOSINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 1142286682     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02303     Document Type: Article

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