Kinesin Head Motion (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Kinesin Head Motion

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Motion of kinesin head labeled with AuNP. (A) Schematic of AuNP-labeled kinesin head before (left) and after (right) detachment from microtubule. (B) Trajectory of kinesin head in the transition from bound (pink) to unbound (light blue) states observed at 10 microsecond time resolution. Transition is shown as rainbow-colored line.

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