Cold-adapted microtubules: Characterization of tubulin posttranslational modifications in the antarctic ciliate Euplotes focardii

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-340

  Pucciarelli, Sandra ^a   Ballarini, Patrizia ^a   Miceli, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic organisms; Cold stable microtubules; Laser confocal microscope; Polyglutamylation; Tubulin phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMENOPHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; COLD; EUPLOTES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLUTAMATES; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030772842     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)38:4<329::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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