Isolation and purification of kinesin from Drosophila embryos

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 62, 2012, Pages

  Sigua, Robilyn ^a   Tripathy, Suvranta ^a   Anand, Preetha ^a   Gross, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarification; Developmental Biology; Drosophila; Issue 62; Kinesin; Microtubule; Polymerization; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860632602     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3501     Document Type: Article

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