Putative involvement of a 49 kDa protein in microtubule assembly in vitro

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-116

  Kumagai, Fumi ^a   Hasezawa, Seiichiro ^a   Nagata, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elongation factor 1 ; Microtubule organizing center; Tobacco BY 2 cells

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGHER PLANT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SEA URCHIN; SWINE; TOBACCO;

EID: 0033057168     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(99)80012-0     Document Type: Article

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