The cruciated microtubule-associated fibers of the green alga Dunaliella bioculata consist of a 31 kDa SF-assemblin

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 827-835

  Lechtreck, Karl Ferdinand ^a   Frins, Sandra ^b   Bilski, Joachim ^b   Teltenkötter, Annette ^b   Weber, Klaus ^c   Melkonian, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dunaliella bioculata; Microtubule associated fiber; Segmented coiled coil; SF assemblin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREEN ALGA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETON; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA BIOCULATA; PROTISTA; SPERMATOZOPSIS SIMILIS;

EID: 0029863530     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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