A seesaw model for intermolecular gating in the kinesin motor protein

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-100

  Sindelar, Charles V ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPase; Cryo electron microscopy; Kinesin; Microtubule; Motor protein; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455211990     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-011-0049-4     Document Type: Review

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