Kinesin walks the line: Single motors observed by atomic force microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2450-2456

  Schaap, Iwan A T ^a,b   Carrasco, Carolina ^c   De Pablo, Pedro J ^a,c   Schmidt, Christoph F ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 79959681283     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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