Electrostatically biased binding of kinesin to microtubules

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Grant, Barry J ^a,e   Gheorghe, Dana ^b   Zheng, Wenjun ^c   Alonso, Maria ^b   Huber, Gary ^a   Dlugosz, Maciej ^d   McCammon, J Andrew ^a   Cross, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DIFFUSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TUBULIN;

EID: 82455219434     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001207     Document Type: Article

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