Movement of microtubules by single kinesin molecules
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 342 (6246), 154-158
- https://doi.org/10.1038/342154a0
Abstract
Kinesin is a motor protein that uses energy derived from ATP hydrolysis to move organelles along microtubules. Using a new technique for measuring the movement produced in vitro by individual kinesin molecules, it is shown that a single kinesin molecule can move a microtubule for several micrometers. New information about the mechanism of force generation by kinesin is presented.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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