Characterization of γ-tubulin complexes in Aspergillus nidulans and detection of putative γ-tubulin interacting proteins

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-158

  Akashi, Tomohiro ^a   Yoon, Yisang ^b   Oakley, Berl R ^c,d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Molecular Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Microtubule organizing centers; Microtubules; Spindle pole bodies

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; TUBULIN;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 0030977958     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)37:2<149::AID-CM7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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