High-resolution model of the microtubule

Cell

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-88

  Nogales, Eva ^a,b   Whittaker, Michael ^c   Milligan, Ronald A ^c   Downing, Kenneth H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033534629     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80961-7     Document Type: Article

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