A surprising twist.
X-ray crystallography has revealed an unusual structural element in kinesin-5 motor proteins.
Nikta Fakhri is in the Faculty for Physics-Third Institute of Physics-Biophysics, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
Nikta
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Christoph F
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Schmidt
D000818:Animals; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D016547:Kinesins / Q000737:chemistry*
D001704:Biopolymers; D016547:Kinesins
coiled-coil; kinesin-5; microtubule; mitosis; motor proteins; x-ray structure