Composition and organization of tubulin isoforms reveals a variety of axonemal models

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 685-697

  Péchart, Isabelle ^a   Kann, Marie Louise ^a   Levilliers, Nicolette ^b   Bré, Marie Hélène ^b   Fouquet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Axonemal microtubules; Glycylated and glutamylated tubulin; Immunoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; LUNG; MALE; MAMMAL; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ECHINOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PARAMECIUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033394913     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(00)88532-9     Document Type: Article

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