Class VI myosin moves processively along actin filaments backward with large steps

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 311-317

  Nishikawa, So ^a,b   Homma, Kazuaki ^c   Komori, Yasunori ^b   Iwaki, Mitsuhiro ^d   Wazawa, Tetsuichi ^a   Hikikoshi Iwone, Atsuko ^d   Saito, Junya ^c   Ikebe, Reiko ^c   Katayama, Eisaku ^a,e   Yanagida, Toshio ^a,b,d   Ikebe, Mitsuo ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Brownian motion; GFP; Molecular motor; Myosin VI; Nanotechnology; Optical trap; Single molecule imaging; Vesicle transport

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBIT;

EID: 18444414585     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6142     Document Type: Article

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