How calcium causes microtubule depolymerization

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-135

  O'Brien, E Timothy ^a   Salmon, E D ^b   Erickson, Harold P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

calcium; catastrophe; dynamic instability; GTP cap; GTP hydrolysis; microtubules

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CALCIUM; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; SEA URCHINS; SWINE; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031041436     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)36:2<125::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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