Analysis of Tub4p, a yeast γ-tubulin-like protein: Implications for microtubule-organizing center function

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 443-454

  Marschall, Laura G ^a   Jeng, Robert L ^a   Mulholland, Jon ^b   Stearns, Tim ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL VIABILITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0029898255     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.2.443     Document Type: Article

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