Microtubule structure and dynamics

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-17

  Wade, Richard H ^a   Hyman, Anthony A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; DIMER; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; TUBULIN;

CELL CYCLE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031055639     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80146-9     Document Type: Article

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