Polarity of 2-D and 3-D maps of tubulin sheets and motor-decorated sheets

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 114-119

  Hoenger, Andreas ^a   Milligan, Ronald A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinesin; Microtubule polarity; Microtubules; Motor proteins; Non claret disjunctional (ncd); Tubulin sheets

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030601776     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0561     Document Type: Editorial

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