The beginning of kinesin's force-generating cycle visualized at 9-Å resolution

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-385

  Sindelar, Charles V ^a   Downing, Kenneth H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONFORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROTUBULE; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 34248200882     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200612090     Document Type: Article

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