Tubulin folding is altered by mutations in a putative GTP binding motif

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1471-1478

  Zabala, Juan C ^a   Fontalba, Ana ^a   Avila, Jesus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GTP binding; Native electrophoresis; Site directed mutant; Tubulin folding

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030014768     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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