Single molecule mechanics of the kinesin neck

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6992-6997

  Bornschlögl, Thomas ^a   Woehlke, Günther ^a   Rief, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Molecular motor; Neck coiled coil; Unzipping

Indexed keywords

KINESIN 1; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; KINESIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORCE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; KINESIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 66349110264     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812620106     Document Type: Article

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