Centrosomes isolated from Spisula solidissima oocytes contain rings and an unusual stoichiometric ratio of α/β tubulin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-202

  Vogel, Jacalyn M ^a,b,e   Stearns, Tim ^c   Rieder, Conly L ^d   Palazzo, Robert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL ISOLATION; CENTROSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAMMAL CELL; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CENTROSOME; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; OOCYTES; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030973771     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.1.193     Document Type: Article

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