title: Characteristics of the motor responsible for the gliding of native microtubules from squid axoplasm.
abstract: Nucleotide-dependent movement of native microtubules (nMTs) in squid axoplasm has biochemical and biophysical characteristics of kinesin-driven motility. However, the high vanadate and N-ethylmaleimide sensitivity and the velocity demonstrate that the properties of the native motile system differ considerably from those of purified kinesin preparations.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Zoologie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seitz-Tutter
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Langford
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000502:physiology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D049832:Decapodiformes; D004398:Dyneins / Q000502:physiology; D016547:Kinesins; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology*; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D004398:Dyneins; D016547:Kinesins