Torque Generation of Kinesin Motors Is Governed by the Stability of the Neck Domain

Molecular Cell

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-158

  Brunnbauer, Melanie ^a   Dombi, Renate ^b   Ho, Thi Hieu ^b   Schliwa, Manfred ^b   Rief, Matthias ^a   Ökten, Zeynep ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; KINESIN 1; KINESIN 2; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE; MODEL; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TORQUE;

EID: 84860342354     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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