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Characteristics of the Motor Responsible for the Gliding of Native Microtubules from Squid Axoplasm
Biology - All Scholarship
  • Dieter G. Weiss
  • Dieter Seitz-Tutter
  • George M Langford, Syracuse University
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Document Type
Article
Date
1-1-1991
Keywords
  • Physiology,
  • Adenosine Triphosphate,
  • metabolism,
  • Animals,
  • Biological Transport,
  • Cytoplasm,
  • Decapodiformes,
  • Dyneins,
  • Kinesin,
  • Microtubules,
  • Organelles,
  • metabolism
Language
English
Disciplines
Description/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.

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Citation Information
Weiss, D. G., D. Seitz-Tutter, and G. M. Langford. 1991. “Characteristics of the Motor Responsible for the Gliding of Native Microtubules from Squid Axoplasm.” Journal of Cell Science. Supplement 14: 157–61.