Kinesin Motor Enzymology: Chemistry, Structure, and Physics of Nanoscale Molecular Machines
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Kinesin motors as molecular machines.
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Reviews
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1867-2450,1867-2469
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-014-0150-6