Structural transitions at microtubule ends correlate with their dynamic properties in Xenopus egg extracts

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 767-774

  Arnal, Isabelle ^a,b   Karsenti, Eric ^a   Hyman, Anthony A ^b,c  

^a European Molecular Biology Unit   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic instability; Electron cryomicroscopy; Microtubules; Protofilament sheets; Xenopus egg extracts

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; OVUM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STATHMIN; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TUBULIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0034658077     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.4.767     Document Type: Article

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