Recruitment of the γ-tubulin ring complex to Drosophila salt-stripped centrosome scaffolds

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 775-786

  Moritz, Michelle ^a   Zheng, Yixian ^b   Alberts, Bruce M ^c   Oegema, Karen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

tubulin; Centrosome; Cytoskeleton; Microtubule nucleation; Microtubule organizing center

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CENTROSOMIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTROSOME; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; IODATES; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SALTS; TUBULIN; XENOPUS;

ARACHNIDA; ASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031854868     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.3.775     Document Type: Article

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