Kinesin is an evolutionarily fine-tuned molecular ratchet-and-pawl device of decisively locked direction

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3363-3372

  Wang, Zhisong ^a   Feng, Min ^b   Zheng, Wenwei ^a   Fan, Dagong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; KINESIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; DEVICE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 36549029948     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108233     Document Type: Article

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