Identification of MINUS, a small polypeptide that functions as a microtubule nucleation suppressor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 565-577

  Fanara, Patrizia ^a,b   Oback, Björn ^a   Ashman, Keith ^c   Podtelejnikov, Alexandre ^c,d   Brandt, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Centrosome; Cytoskeleton; Microtubules; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; POLYPEPTIDE; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATTLE; CELL STRAIN; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYTOSOL; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PC12 CELLS; PEPTIDES; RATS; TUBULIN; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033081060     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.3.565     Document Type: Article

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