The relevance of neck linker docking in the motility of kinesin

BioSystems

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 29-33

  Czövek, András ^a   Szöllosi, Gergely J ^a   Derényi, Imre ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Entropic spring; Free energy; Kinesin; Neck linker

Indexed keywords

DOCKING PROTEIN; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ENTROPY; MOTILITY; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROTUBULE; NECK; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 46849099414     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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