A microtubule-binding domain in dynactin increases dynein processivity by skating along microtubules

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-270

  Culver Hanlon, Tara L ^a   Lex, Stephanie A ^a   Stephens, Andrew D ^a   Quintyne, Nicholas J ^b,c   King, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GLYCINE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BIOASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DYNEIN ATPASE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644747344     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1370     Document Type: Article

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