Individual dimers of the mitotic kinesin motor Eg5 step processively and support substantial loads in vitro

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 470-476

  Valentine, Megan T ^a,b   Fordyce, Polly M ^a,b   Krzysiak, Troy C ^b   Gilbert, Susan P ^b   Block, Steven M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HIS HIS HIS HIS HIS HIS; HIS-HIS-HIS-HIS-HIS-HIS; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; KIF11 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; DIMERIZATION; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; KINESIN; KINETICS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 33744987629     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1394     Document Type: Letter

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