Unconstrained steps of myosin VI appear longest among known molecular motors

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3804-3810

  Ali, M Yusuf ^a,b   Homma, Kazuaki ^c   Iwane, Atsuko Hikikoshi ^d   Adachi, Kengo ^a   Itoh, Hiroyasu ^e,f   Kinosita Jr , Kazuhiko ^a   Yanagida, Toshio ^d   Ikebe, Mitsuo ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; KINESIN; MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT; MYOSIN VI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; MOTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942668559     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.037416     Document Type: Article

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