How tubulin subunits are lost from the shortening ends of microtubules

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-118

  Tran, P T ^a   Joshi, P ^a   Salmon, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TUBULIN;

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

SUIDAE;

EID: 0030978807     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3844     Document Type: Conference Paper

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