Kinesin and dynein superfamily proteins in organelle transport and cell division

ER-to-Golgi transport visualized in living cells

1997 • 1,169 citations

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

1995 • 1,029 citations

Self-organization of microtubules into bipolar spindles around artificial chromosomes in Xenopus egg extracts

1996 • 978 citations

Kinesin hydrolyses one ATP per 8-nm step

1997 • 766 citations

The neuron-specific kinesin superfamily protein KIF1A is a uniqye monomeric motor for anterograde axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors

1995 • 646 citations

Crystal structure of the kinesin motor domain reveals a structural similarity to myosin

1996 • 637 citations

Molecular characterization of the 50-kD subunit of dynactin reveals function for the complex in chromosome alignment and spindle organization during mitosis.

1996 • 634 citations

The Chlamydomonas kinesin-like protein FLA10 is involved in motility associated with the flagellar membrane.

1995 • 586 citations

KIF1B, a novel microtubule plus end-directed monomeric motor protein for transport of mitochondria

1994 • 584 citations

A Complex of NuMA and Cytoplasmic Dynein Is Essential for Mitotic Spindle Assembly

1996 • 565 citations

XKCM1: A Xenopus Kinesin-Related Protein That Regulates Microtubule Dynamics during Mitotic Spindle Assembly

1996 • 539 citations

Microtubule Interaction Site of the Kinesin Motor

1997 • 383 citations

Identification and partial characterization of mitotic centromere-associated kinesin, a kinesin-related protein that associates with centromeres during mitosis.

1995 • 379 citations

Meiotic spindle assembly in Drosophila females: behavior of nonexchange chromosomes and the effects of mutations in the nod kinesin-like protein.

1992 • 377 citations

Kinesin-related proteins required for structural integrity of the mitotic spindle

1992 • 374 citations

A bipolar kinesin

1996 • 365 citations

Golgi Vesiculation and Lysosome Dispersion in Cells Lacking Cytoplasmic Dynein

1998 • 363 citations

Coupling of kinesin steps to ATP hydrolysis

1997 • 356 citations

The Directional Preference of Kinesin Motors Is Specified by an Element outside of the Motor Catalytic Domain

1997 • 351 citations

Crystal structure of the motor domain of the kinesin-related motor ncd

1996 • 349 citations

Spindle Assembly in Xenopus Egg Extracts: Respective Roles of Centrosomes and Microtubule Self-Organization

1997 • 335 citations

Kinesin family in murine central nervous system.

1992 • 310 citations

Opposing motor activities are required for the organization of the mammalian mitotic spindle pole.

1996 • 301 citations

KIF3A/B: a heterodimeric kinesin superfamily protein that works as a microtubule plus end-directed motor for membrane organelle transport.

1995 • 291 citations

Targeting of Motor Proteins

1996 • 278 citations

Transport of a novel complex in the cytoplasmic matrix of Chlamydomonas flagella

1997 • 272 citations

Yeast Kar3 is a minus-end microtubule motor protein that destabilizes microtubules preferentially at the minus ends.

1994 • 271 citations

Switches, latches, and amplifiers: common themes of G proteins and molecular motors.

1996 • 266 citations

Brain dynein (MAP1C) localizes on both anterogradely and retrogradely transported membranous organelles in vivo.

1990 • 261 citations

The load dependence of kinesin’s mechanical cycle

1997 • 252 citations

Anastral meiotic spindle morphogenesis: role of the non-claret disjunctional kinesin-like protein.

1996 • 249 citations

KIF3A is a new microtubule-based anterograde motor in the nerve axon.

1994 • 240 citations

Xklp15 a chromosomal xenopus kinesin-like protein essential for spindle organization and chromosome positioning

1995 • 237 citations

The Chlamydomonas FLA10 gene encodes a novel kinesin-homologous protein.

1994 • 228 citations

The swinging lever-arm hypothesis of muscle contraction

1997 • 225 citations

Mitotic Spindle Positioning in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is Accomplished by Antagonistically Acting Microtubule Motor Proteins

1997 • 225 citations

Regulated bidirectional motility of melanophore pigment granules along microtubules in vitro

1997 • 222 citations

Antibodies to the kinesin motor domain and CENP-E inhibit microtubule depolymerization-dependent motion of chromosomes in vitro.

1995 • 222 citations

Reciprocal localization of Nod and kinesin fusion proteins indicates microtubule polarity in the Drosophila oocyte, epithelium, neuron and muscle

1997 • 221 citations

The C. elegans unc-104 4 gene encodes a putative kinesin heavy chain-like protein

1991 • 220 citations

Mitotic Spindle Poles are Organized by Structural and Motor Proteins in Addition to Centrosomes

1997 • 220 citations

Reversal in the direction of movement of a molecular motor

1997 • 208 citations

Mammalian cells express three distinct dynein heavy chains that are localized to different cytoplasmic organelles.

1996 • 203 citations

Cloning and characterization of KAP3: a novel kinesin superfamily-associated protein of KIF3A/3B.

1996 • 188 citations

Motors and membrane traffic

1997 • 187 citations

Heterotrimeric Kinesin-II Is Required for the Assembly of Motile 9+2 Ciliary Axonemes on Sea Urchin Embryos

1997 • 185 citations

Interacting Head Mechanism of Microtubule-Kinesin ATPase

1997 • 182 citations

Going mobile: microtubule motors and chromosome segregation.

1996 • 175 citations

Phylogeny and expression of axonemal and cytoplasmic dynein genes in sea urchins.

1994 • 173 citations

Kinesin proteins: A phylum of motors for microtubule‐based motility

1996 • 172 citations

KIFC2 Is a Novel Neuron-Specific C-Terminal Type Kinesin Superfamily Motor for Dendritic Transport of Multivesicular Body-Like Organelles

1997 • 164 citations

Cell cycle regulation of dynein association with membranes modulates microtubule-based organelle transport.

1996 • 163 citations

KIF2 is a new microtubule-based anterograde motor that transports membranous organelles distinct from those carried by kinesin heavy chain or KIF3A/B.

1995 • 162 citations

A Model for the Microtubule-Ncd Motor Protein Complex Obtained by Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis

1997 • 161 citations

A novel microtubule-based motor protein (KIF4) for organelle transports, whose expression is regulated developmentally.

1994 • 160 citations

Xklp2, a Novel Xenopus Centrosomal Kinesin-like Protein Required for Centrosome Separation during Mitosis

1996 • 159 citations

Identification and classification of 16 new kinesin superfamily (KIF) proteins in mouse genome

1997 • 152 citations

Kid, a novel kinesin-like DNA binding protein, is localized to chromosomes and the mitotic spindle.

1996 • 149 citations

XCTK2: A Kinesin-related Protein That Promotes Mitotic Spindle Assembly in Xenopus laevis Egg Extracts

1997 • 144 citations

Sequence and submolecular localization of the 115-kD accessory subunit of the heterotrimeric kinesin-II (KRP85/95) complex.

1996 • 142 citations

Direction of microtubule movement is an intrinsic property of the motor domains of kinesin heavy chain and Drosophila ncd protein.

1993 • 140 citations

Three-dimensional cryoelectron microscopy of dimeric kinesin and ncd motor domains on microtubules.

1996 • 132 citations

Inner dynein arms but not outer dynein arms require the activity of kinesin homologue protein KHP1(FLA10) to reach the distal part of flagella in Chlamydomonas.

1996 • 132 citations

Chromokinesin: a DNA-binding, kinesin-like nuclear protein.

1995 • 132 citations

Organelle transport along microtubules — the role of KIFs

1996 • 129 citations

Glued participates in distinct microtubule-based activities in Drosophila eye development

1997 • 126 citations

Mitochondrial Association of a Plus End–Directed Microtubule Motor Expressed during Mitosis in Drosophila

1997 • 123 citations

Kinetics of force generation by single kinesin molecules activated by laser photolysis of caged ATP

1997 • 123 citations

Kinesin-Related Proteins at Mitotic Spindle Poles: Function and Regulation

1996 • 121 citations

Exclusive Expression of Kinesin Gene in Chemosnsory Neurons Open to the External Environment

1995 • 121 citations

Isolation of a sea urchin egg kinesin-related protein using peptide antibodies

1992 • 119 citations

Identification and molecular evolution of new dynein-like protein sequences in rat brain

1995 • 117 citations

Characterization of KIFC2, a Neuronal Kinesin Superfamily Member in Mouse

1997 • 97 citations

Kinetic Mechanism of a Monomeric Kinesin Construct

1997 • 92 citations

Mutations in the 8 kDa dynein light chain gene disrupt sensory axon projections in the Drosophila imaginal CNS

1996 • 91 citations

Cloning and characterization of KAP2 : a novel kinesin superfamily associated protein of KIF3A/3B

1996 • 86 citations

Functionally distinct isoforms of dynactin are expressed in human neurons.

1996 • 85 citations

Three-dimensional structure of functional motor proteins on microtubules

1996 • 84 citations

Suppression of KIF2 in PC12 Cells Alters the Distribution of a Growth Cone Nonsynaptic Membrane Receptor and Inhibits Neurite Extension

1997 • 79 citations

Influence of the Kinesin Neck Domain on Dimerization and ATPase Kinetics

1997 • 76 citations

Motors involved in spindle assembly and chromosome segregation

1996 • 76 citations

Plus-end motors override minus-end motors during transport of squid axon vesicles on microtubules.

1996 • 72 citations

Motor proteins: A dynamic duo

1996 • 69 citations

SMAP, an Smg GDS-associating Protein Having Arm Repeats and Phosphorylated by Src Tyrosine Kinase

1996 • 69 citations

Characterization of the KLP68D kinesin-like protein in Drosophila: possible roles in axonal transport.

1994 • 68 citations

A novel cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain: expression of DHC1b in mammalian ciliated epithelial cells

1996 • 64 citations

Origins of reversed directionality in the ncd molecular motor.

1994 • 64 citations

Movements of truncated kinesin fragments with a short or an artificial flexible neck

1997 • 63 citations

Heterodimerization of the Two Motor Subunits of the Heterotrimeric Kinesin, KRP85/95

1995 • 63 citations

Actin-related protein 1 and cytoplasmic dynein-based motility - what's the connection?

1996 • 61 citations

KLP38B: A Mitotic Kinesin-related Protein That Binds PP1

1997 • 52 citations

Mutational Analysis of Motor Proteins

1996 • 42 citations

Monomeric Kinesin Head Domains Hydrolyze Multiple ATP Molecules before Release from a Microtubule

1997 • 38 citations

A point mutation in the microtubule binding region of the Ncd motor protein reduces motor velocity.

1996 • 28 citations

Targeting of Cytoplasmic Dynein to Membranous Organelles and Kinetochores via Dynactin

1995 • 27 citations

Interpreting a Medium-resolution Model of Tubulin: Comparison of Zinc-sheet and Microtubule Structure

1996 • 26 citations

Dynactin Phosphorylation Is Modulated in Response to Cellular Effectors

1997 • 24 citations

A Dynein Motor Superfamily.

1996 • 18 citations