Kinesin superfamily proteins (KIFs): Various functions and their relevance for important phenomena in life and diseases

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-25

  Hirokawa, Nobutaka ^a,b   Tanaka, Yosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cilia; Embryonic development; Intracellular transport; KIFs; Kinesin; Learning and memory; Metabolic diseases; Molecular motor

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; KINESIN; METABOLIC DISEASES;

EID: 84929294683     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.02.016     Document Type: Review

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