A single gamma-tubulin gene and mRNA, but two gamma-tubulin polypeptides differing by their binding to the spindle pole organizing centres

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2483-2492

  Lajoie Mazenc, Isabelle ^a   Détraves, Claire ^a   Rotaru, Victor ^a,b   Garès, Michèle ^a   Tollon, Yvette ^a   Jean, Catherine ^a   Jullan, Monique ^a   Wright, Michel ^a   Raynaud Messina, Brigitte ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Development; Gamma tubulin; Mitosis; MTOC; Physarum; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRIOLE; CENTROSOME; EXON; FUNGAL GENETICS; INTRON; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL CYCLE; CENTROSOME; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBULIN;

CHONDROMYCES; EUKARYOTA; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 0029910369     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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