Altered Nucleotide-Microtubule Coupling and Increased Mechanical Output by a Kinesin Mutant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Hong Lei ^a   Hallen, Mark A ^a   Endow, Sharyn A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINESIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOTIDES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84867626070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047148     Document Type: Article

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