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Susan P Gilbert1, Stephanie Guzik-Lendrum2, Ivan Rayment3

  • 1From the Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180 and sgilbert@rpi.edu.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
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Keywords:
ATPaseciliacytoskeletonintracellular traffickingmicrotubulemolecular motormotor proteinneuronpre-steady-state kineticsprocessivitysingle-molecule biophysicstubulin

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