Protofilaments and rings, two conformations of the tubulin family conserved from bacterial FtsZ to α/β and γ tubulin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-8

  Erickson, Harold P ^a   Stoffler, Daniel ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; POLYMER; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; POLYMERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030266954     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.1.5     Document Type: Article

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