γ-Tubulin complexes and their role in microtubule nucleation

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue , 1999, Pages 55-73

  Gunawardane, Ruwanthi N ^a,b   Lizarraga, Sofia B ^a,b   Wiese, Christiane ^a   Wilde, Andrew ^a   Zheng, Yixian ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; TUBULIN;

EID: 0034566061     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(99)49004-0     Document Type: Review

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