The highly processive kinesin-8, Kip3, switches microtubule protofilaments with a bias toward the left

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages L4-L6

  Bormuth, Volker ^a   Nitzsche, Bert ^a,b   Ruhnow, Felix ^a,b   Mitra, Aniruddha ^a,b   Storch, Marko ^a   Rammner, Burkhard ^c   Howard, Jonathon ^a   Diez, Stefan ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Scimotion   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; QUANTUM DOT; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; KINESIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUANTUM DOTS; TUBULIN;

EID: 84863451332     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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