Three-dimensional cryoelectron microscopy of 16-protofilament microtubules: Structure, polarity, and interaction with motor proteins

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-148

  Hirose, K ^a   Amos, W B ^a   Lockhart, A ^b   Cross, R A ^b   Amos, L A ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030930492     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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