Microscopic evidence for a minus-end-directed power stroke in the kinesin motor ncd

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5969-5978

  Wendt, Thomas G ^a   Volkmann, Niels ^c   Skiniotis, Georgios ^a   Goldie, Kenneth N ^a   Müller, Jens ^b   Mandelkow, Eckhard ^b   Hoenger, Andreas ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Helical 3 D image reconstruction; Kinesin; Microtubule; Ncd

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; NON CLARET DISJUNCTIONAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TUBULIN;

EID: 18744364420     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf622     Document Type: Article

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