Polyglycylation of tubulin is essential and affects cell motility and division in Tetrahymena thermophila

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1097-1106

  Xia, Lu ^a   Hai, Bing ^b   Gao, Yan ^a   Burnette, Dylan ^a   Thazhath, Rupal ^a   Duan, Jianming ^b   Bré, Marie Helene ^c   Levilliers, Nicolette ^c   Gorovsky, Martin A ^b   Gaertig, Jacek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cilia; Cytoskeleton; Microtubules; Motility; Motor proteins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINESIS; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CILIA; GLYCOSYLATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TUBULIN;

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0034729530     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.5.1097     Document Type: Article

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