Structural requirements of chromokinesin Kif4A for its proper function in mitosis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 372, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 454-458

  Wu, Guikai ^a   Chen, Phang Lang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin binding; Chromokinesin; Kif4A; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CYSTEINE; KINESIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 44749094773     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.065     Document Type: Article

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