Two kinesins from Arabidopsis, KatB and KatC, have a second microtubule-binding site in the tail domain

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-52

  Jiang, Shiling ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Xu, Tao ^a   Ren, Dongtao ^a   Liu, Guoqin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cosedimentation; KatB; KatC; Kinesin; Microtubule binding site

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33846630008     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: 02191024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2007.40.1.044     Document Type: Article

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