Speckled microtubules improve tracking in motor-protein gliding assays

Physical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Chisena, Ernest N ^a   Wall, R Andrew ^a   Macosko, Jed C ^a   Holzwarth, George ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; RHODAMINE; TUBULIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FORCE; GLIDING ASSAY; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROTUBULE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPECKLED MICROTUBULE; VELOCITY;

EID: 34147161073     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/4/1/002     Document Type: Article

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