Kinesin-14: the roots of reversal
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Kinesin-14 motor proteins step towards microtubule minus ends, in the opposite direction to other kinesins. Work on the still-enigmatic kinesin-14 mechanism published in <it>BMC Structural Biology </it>shows that the carboxyl terminus of the motor hea...
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doaj-4228b367f5e64f1684f98faf272b64c92020-11-24T22:19:47ZengBMCBMC Biology1741-70072010-08-018110710.1186/1741-7007-8-107Kinesin-14: the roots of reversalCross Robert A<p>Abstract</p> <p>Kinesin-14 motor proteins step towards microtubule minus ends, in the opposite direction to other kinesins. Work on the still-enigmatic kinesin-14 mechanism published in <it>BMC Structural Biology </it>shows that the carboxyl terminus of the motor head undergoes a dock-undock cycle, like that of plus-end-directed kinesins.</p> <p>See research article: <url>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6807/10/19</url></p> http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/107 |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Kinesin-14 motor proteins step towards microtubule minus ends, in the opposite direction to other kinesins. Work on the still-enigmatic kinesin-14 mechanism published in <it>BMC Structural Biology </it>shows that the carboxyl terminus of the motor head undergoes a dock-undock cycle, like that of plus-end-directed kinesins.</p> <p>See research article: <url>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6807/10/19</url></p> |
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