title: Aluminum fluoride, microtubule stability, and kinesin rigor.
abstract: Aluminum fluoride may be used both to stabilize microtubules and to induce strong binding of kinesin, thus circumventing the need for taxol and AMP-PNP in kinesin preparations.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Unit for Structural Molecular Biology, Hamburg, FRG.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heins
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mandelkow
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mandelkow
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000266:Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000535:Aluminum / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D000818:Animals; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005459:Fluorides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016547:Kinesins; D008870:Microtubules / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D000266:Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate; D000535:Aluminum; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D016547:Kinesins; D005459:Fluorides; C032311:aluminum fluoride