Tubulin and FtsZ form a distinct family of GTPases

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 451-458

  Nogales, Eva ^a   Downing, Kenneth H ^a   Amos, Linda A ^b   Löwe, Jan ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE; TUBULIN;

EID: 0031780061     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0698-451     Document Type: Article

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