Pericentrin and γ-tubulin form a protein complex and are organized into a novel lattice at the centrosome

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-174

  Dictenberg, Jason B ^a   Zimmerman, Wendy ^a   Sparks, Cynthia A ^a   Young, Aaron ^a   Vidair, Charles ^b   Zheng, Yixian ^c   Carrington, Walter ^a   Fay, Fredric S ^a   Doxsey, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELL CYCLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CENTROSOME; CHO CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; TUBULIN; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032489799     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.1.163     Document Type: Article

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