γ-tubulin complexes and microtubule nucleation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 174-181

  Moritz, Michelle ^a   Agard, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN;

CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL POLARITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROTUBULE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0035312819     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(00)00187-1     Document Type: Review

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