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This book brings together current information on the families that make up the kinesin superfamily of molecular motors in one comprehensive text. It is an ideal reference for researchers looking to make comparisons between different families, for specific information on an individual family, or simply for an overview of the kinesin superfamily.
Information is clearly structured and grouped according to individual families and organiszed in a standardiszed way, allowing the reader to easily search and retrieve information on this large superfamily of molecular motors and understand how its individual members carry out a diverse variety of cellular functions.
Features:
- The first book dedicated to the entire kinesin superfamily.
- Enables a fuller understanding of this family of proteins, which is becoming an increasing focus of research due to its involvement in diseases such as cancer, neuropathies and ciliopathies.
- Written in a manner accessible to a range of researchers in life and medical sciences, including biophysicists, biochemists, and medical researchers.
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Names: Friel, Claire (Claire T.), editor.
Title: The kinesin superfamily handbook : transporter, creator, destroyer / edited by Claire Friel.
Description: First edition. | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019059121 | ISBN 9781138589568 (hardback) | ISBN 9780429491559 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Kinesin.
Classification: LCC QP552.K46 K563 2020 | DDC 572/.6--dc23
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