Kinesin motor activation: Microtubules pull the switches

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

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3949-3950

  Fourniol, Franck ^a   Moores, Carolyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN;

ALLOSTERISM; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 77749234000     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0915158107     Document Type: Note

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