Kinesin's biased stepping mechanism: Amplification of neck linker zippering

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2416-2426

  Mather, William H ^a   Fox, Ronald F ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION;

EID: 33749439041     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.087049     Document Type: Article

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