Microtubule polyglutamylation in Drosophila melanogaster brain and testis

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 671-674

  Bobinnec, Yves ^a   Marcaillou, Christiane ^a   Debec, Alain ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Microtubules flagella; Tubulin glutamylation; Tubulin posttranslational modification

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLAGELLUM; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPERM; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032848313     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(99)80053-3     Document Type: Article

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