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Direct observation of single kinesin molecules moving along microtubules

Ronald D. Vale, Takashi Funatsu, Daniel W. Pierce, Laura Romberg, Yoshie Harada, Toshio Yanagida

Nature · 1996 · 719 citations · 23 references

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Identification of a novel force-generating protein, kinesin, involved in microtubule-based motility

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Karel Svoboda, Christoph F. Schmidt, Bruce J. Schnapp et al. · Nature · 1993 · 1.9K citations

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Imaging of single fluorescent molecules and individual ATP turnovers by single myosin molecules in aqueous solution

Takashi Funatsu, Yoshie Harada, Makio Tokunaga et al. · Nature · 1995 · 1.1K citations

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Bead movement by single kinesin molecules studied with optical tweezers

Steven M. Block, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Bruce J. Schnapp · Nature · 1990 · 1K citations

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Mechanochemical coupling in actomyosin energy transduction studied by in vitro movement assay

Yoshie Harada, Katsuhiko Sakurada, Toshiaki Aoki et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1990 · 525 citations

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