A new function for the γ-tubulin ring complex as a microtubule minus-end cap

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 358-364

  Wiese, C ^a   Zheng, Y ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN RING COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMAL; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOTIN; CENTROSOME; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GOLD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033771941     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35014051     Document Type: Article

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