The tubulin gene family of Paramecium: Characterization and expression of the αPT1 and αPT2 genes which code for α-tubulins with unusual C-terminal amino acids, GLY and ALA

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-93

  Dupuis Williams, Pascale ^a,b   Klotz, Catherine ^a   Mazarguil, Honoré ^a   Beisson, Janine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Lab de Neurobiologie de la D   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Post translational modifications; Tubulin diversity; Tubulin multigene family

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA TUBULIN; GLYCINE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030469075     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(97)89840-1     Document Type: Article

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