Gamma-tubulin colocalizes with microtubule arrays and tubulin paracrystals in dividing vegetative cells of higher plants

Protoplasma

Volumn 210, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 179-187

  Panteris, E ^a   Apostolakos, P ^a   Graf R ^b   Galatis, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microtubule organization; Plant cell division; Tubulin paracrystals; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CENTROMERE; GAMMA TUBULIN; HIGHER PLANT; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TUBULIN;

EID: 0034111615     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01276858     Document Type: Article

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