Rapid double 8-nm steps by a kinesin mutant

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2993-2999

  Higuchi, Hideo ^a   Bronner, Christian Eric ^b   Park, Hee Won ^c   Endow, Sharyn A ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Double steps; Kinesin; Motor mutant; Stepping mechanism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN; KINESIN MUTANT; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; KINESIN; KINETICS; LASERS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; THREONINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4143146576     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600306     Document Type: Article

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