The mechanisms of kinesin motor motility: Lessons from the monomeric motor KIF1A

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 877-884

  Hirokawa, Nobutaka ^a   Nitta, Ryo ^a   Okada, Yasushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DOCKING PROTEIN; DOCKING PROTEIN BETA10; DOCKING PROTEIN BETA9; DOCKING PROTEIN NIS; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MOLECULAR MOTOR KIF 1A; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSKELETON; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME RELEASE; HAND MOVEMENT; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 70450270783     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2807     Document Type: Review

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