Engineered kinesin motor proteins amenable to small-molecule inhibition
The use of specific small molecule inhibitors can contribute to the study of kinesins' cellular functions. Here the authors develop a chemical-genetic approach to engineer kinesin motors that can be efficiently inhibited upon addition of cell-permeable molecules.
Main Authors: | Martin F. Engelke, Michael Winding, Yang Yue, Shankar Shastry, Federico Teloni, Sanjay Reddy, T. Lynne Blasius, Pushpanjali Soppina, William O. Hancock, Vladimir I. Gelfand, Kristen J. Verhey |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-04-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11159 |
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