FRET measurements of kinesin neck orientation reveal a structural basis for processivity and asymmetry

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

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5453-5458

  Martina, Douglas S ^a,d   Fathib, Reza ^b   Mitchisonc, Timothy J ^c   Gellesa, Jeff ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XTL Biopharmaceuticals   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Microtubules; Multidonor; Taxol; TIRF

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RHODAMINES;

EID: 77950439417     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914924107     Document Type: Article

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