Interpreting a medium-resolution model of tubulin: Comparison of zinc-sheet and microtubule structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 485-501

  Wolf, Sharon Grayer ^a   Nogales, Eva ^a   Kikkawa, Masahide ^b   Gratzinger, Dita ^a   Hirokawa, Nobutaka ^b   Downing, Kenneth H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron crystallography; High resolution electron microscopy; Microtubules; Protein structure; Tubulin structure

Indexed keywords

SUBTILISIN; TUBULIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030569005     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0530     Document Type: Article

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