One path to understanding energy transduction in biological systems

Nature Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1478-1482

  Spudich, James A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CELL MOTION; HISTORY; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CELL MOVEMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; MYOSINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872020296     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2924     Document Type: Article

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