The axonemal microtubules of the Chlamydomonas flagellum differ in tubulin isoform content

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-320

  Johnson, Karl A ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha tubulin; Assembly; Axoneme; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Cilium; Detyrosination; Flagellum; Microtubule; Tubulin carboxypeptidase; Tyrosinated tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FLAGELLA; ISOMERISM; MICROTUBULES; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TUBULIN; TYROSINE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS FLAGELLA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031905985     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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