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Kinesin-14 : the roots of reversal

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Cross, R. A.. (2010) Kinesin-14 : the roots of reversal. BMC Biology, Vol.8 (No.107). ISSN 1741-7007

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-107

Abstract

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 BMC Structural Biology shows that the carboxyl terminus of the motor head undergoes a dock-undock cycle, like that of plus-end-directed kinesins.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QP Physiology
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Cell Biology Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Kinesin
Journal or Publication Title:	BMC Biology
Publisher:	BioMed Central Ltd.
ISSN:	1741-7007
Date:	16 August 2010
Volume:	Vol.8
Number:	No.107
Number of Pages:	5
Identification Number:	10.1186/1741-7007-8-107
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Marie Curie Cancer Care
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/3355