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. 2020 Jan 20;9:e51131. doi: 10.7554/eLife.51131

Table 5. Motor motility and MT sliding parameters in vitro MT sliding assays.

Single motor velocities in relation to free MT sliding motility
FL-Eg5-GFP Free MT sliding motility (nm/s) Motility in sliding zones (nm/s)
25 mM KCl 13.8 ± 1.0 n = 26 13.9 ± 1.0 n = 32
50 mM KCl 31.2 ± 1.2 n = 33 22.7 ± 1.2 n = 71
Single motor motility within MT sliding zones
Eg5-Δtail-GFP motors (nm/s) FL-Eg5-GFP motors (nm/s)
Overlap Zone 8.6 ± 0.9 n = 32 3.4 ± 0.3 n = 67
Single MT 9.6 ± 0.8 n = 52 5.6 ± 0.3 n = 45