MEC-12, an α-tubulin required for touch sensitivity in C. elegans

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-403

  Fukushige, Tetsunari ^a,d   Siddiqui, Zeba K ^a,e   Chou, Michael ^b   Culotti, Joseph G ^c   Gogonea, Camelia B ^a   Siddiqui, Shahid S ^a   Hamelin, Michel ^b  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Invertebrate; Microtubule; Protofilament number

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; LYSINE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TOUCH; TUBULIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033037583     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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