The C-terminus of kinesin-14 Ncd is a crucial component of the force generating mechanism

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 854-858

  Szcz̧sna, Ewa ^a   Kasprzak, Andrzej A ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

C terminus; Kinesin; Microtubule; Molecular motor; Power stroke

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; NONCLARET DISJUNCTIONAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FORCE; MECHANICS; MICROTUBULE; MUTANT; POWER STROKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VELOCITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84858708298     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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