Molecular Motors

Equilibrium Binding of Proteins to F-Actin.- Analysis of Calcium/Calmodulin Regulation of a Plant Kinesin Using Co-Sedimentation and ATPase Assays.- In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis of Microtubule-Destabilizing Kinesins.- Approaches to Kinesin-1 Phosphorylation.- Protein Modification to Probe Intradynein Interactions and In Vivo Redox State.- Methods to Study the Interactions of the Dynein Light Chains and Intermediate Chains.- Identification of Motor Protein Cargo by Yeast 2-Hybrid and Affinity Approaches.- In Situ Binding Assay to Detect Myosin-1c Interactions with Hair-Cell Proteins.- Ultrastructural Analysis of Kinesin-Related Motor Proteins During Spermatogenesis.- In Vitro Motility System to Study the Role of Motor Proteins in Receptor-Ligand Sorting.- Enrichment and Disassembly of Ectoplasmic Specializations in the Rat Testis.- Single-Molecule Observation of Rotation of F1-ATPase Through Microbeads.- The Use of FRET in the Analysis of Motor Protein Structure.- Structure Determination of the Motor Domain of Yeast Kinesin Kar3 by X-Ray Crystallography.- High-Resolution Structural Analysis of the Kinesin-Microtubule Complex by Electron Cryo-Microscopy.- Chemical-Genetic Inhibition of Sensitized Mutant Unconventional Myosins.

From the reviews:"Within this book's 16 chapters, readers will find a rich source of not only step-by-step protocols and useful lists of the chemicals, reagents, and equipment needed to perform them, but also useful troubleshooting tips and experimental notes that can assist in their successful execution. ... the book is a treasure of data, facts, protocols, and references that nearly every cell biologist and biochemist with an interest in molecular motors will cherish." (Tzvi Tzfira, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 83, 2008)

From the reviews:

"Within this book's 16 chapters, readers will find a rich source of not only step-by-step protocols and useful lists of the chemicals, reagents, and equipment needed to perform them, but also useful troubleshooting tips and experimental notes that can assist in their successful execution. ... the book is a treasure of data, facts, protocols, and references that nearly every cell biologist and biochemist with an interest in molecular motors will cherish." (Tzvi Tzfira, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 83, 2008)