Determination of microtubule polarity by cryo-electron microscopy

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1031-1040

  Chrétien, Denis ^a   Kenney, John M ^a,b   Fuller, Stephen D ^a   Wade, Richard H ^c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

cryo electron microscopy; microtubule polarity

Indexed keywords

ALISMATACEAE;

EID: 0030587566     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00110-4     Document Type: Article

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