Molecular motors: Kinesin's dynamically dockable neck

Authors
Cross, RA
Citation
Ra. Cross, Molecular motors: Kinesin's dynamically dockable neck, CURR BIOL, 10(3), 2000, pp. R124-R126
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
R124 - R126
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(20000210)10:3<R124:MMKDDN>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Kinesin is a molecular walking machine with two identical motor heads conne cted to a coiled-coil tail. Details of the coordination mechanism, which ca uses kinesin to walk directionally, and the tracking mechanism, which guide s each detaching head to its next site on the microtubule, are beginning to emerge.