The Aspergillus nidulans kinesin-3 tail is necessary and sufficient to recognize modified microtubules

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Seidel, Constanze ^a   Zekert, Nadine ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KINESIN 1; KINESIN 3; MOLECULAR MOTOR; UNCA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KINESIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TUBULIN;

EID: 84857408206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030976     Document Type: Article

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