Gamma-tubulin is permanently associated basal bodies in ciliates

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 331-338

  Liang, Aihua ^a   Ruiz, Françoise ^b   Heckmann, Klaus ^a   Klotz, Catherine ^b   Tollon, Yvette ^c   Beisson, Janine ^b   Wright, Michel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Euplotes; Macronucleus; Micronucleus; MTOCs; Paramecium; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRIOLE; CILIATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; POLYMENOPHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0029845223     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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