Sequence analysis and immunofluorescence study of α- and β-tubulins in Reticulomyxa filosa: Implications of the high degree of β2-tubulin divergence

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-178

  Linder, Stefan ^a   Schliwa, Manfred ^a   Kube Granderath, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

antibodies; immunofluorescence; phylogenetic tree; Reticulomyxa filosa; sequence analysis; tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SARCODINA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBULIN;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; RETICULOMYXA FILOSA;

EID: 0031051733     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)36:2<164::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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