γ-tubulin at ten: Progress and prospects

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 365-372

  Oakley, Berl R ^a   Akkari, Yassmine N ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

tubulin; Centrosomes; Microtubules; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBULIN;

EID: 0032754578     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.24.365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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