Evidence that a single monolayer tubulin-GTP cap is both necessary and sufficient to stabilize microtubules

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 663-675

  Caplow, Michael ^a   Shanks, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029989442     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.7.4.663     Document Type: Article

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