Molecular motors: Kinesin's interesting limp

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Cross, R A ^a  

^a MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; SHORT SURVEY;

KINESIN; KINETICS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

EID: 1542380548     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(04)00077-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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