Putting a bifunctional motor to work: Insights into the role of plant KCH kinesins

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 543-545

  Dixit, Ram ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; BY 2 cells; Cell cycle; GFP; Kinesin; Live cell imaging; Microtubule

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; KINESIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; NOTE; TOBACCO;

ACTINS; CELL DIVISION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; PLANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84855799960     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04030.x     Document Type: Note

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