Structure of a kinesin-tubulin complex and implications for kinesin motility

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1001-1007

  Gigant, Benoît ^a   Wang, Weiyi ^a,b   Dreier, Birgit ^c   Jiang, Qiyang ^b,d   Pecqueur, Ludovic ^a,e   Plückthun, Andreas ^c   Wang, Chunguang ^b   Knossow, Marcel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^e Paris Sciences et Lettres   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; KINESIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TUBULIN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84881396280     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2624     Document Type: Article

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