Microtubule organization and the effects of GFP-tubulin expression in Dictyostelium discoideum

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-62

  Kimble, M ^a   Kuzmiak, C ^a   McGovern, K N ^a   De Hostos, E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimeric protein; Microtubule assembly; Microtubule bundles; Microtubule nucleation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOVEMENT; CHIMERIC PROTEINS; DICTYOSTELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; MICROTUBULES; MOVEMENT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TUBULIN;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FUNGI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033808631     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0169(200009)47:1<48::AID-CM5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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