Structural models for the self-assembly and microtubule interactions of γ-, δ- and ε-tubulin

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 413-422

  Inclán, Yuki F ^b   Nogales, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Tubulin; Tubulin; Tubulin; Microtubule nucleation; Structural homology; Tubulin assembly

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CELL PROTEIN; DELTA TUBULIN; EPSILON TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CENTRIOLE; CENTROSOME; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE; TUBULIN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035125071     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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