Direct binding of NuMA to tubulin is mediated by a novel sequence motif in the tail domain that bundles and stabilizes microtubules

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1815-1824

  Haren, Laurence ^a   Merdes, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microtubule associated protein; Mitosis; Spindle pole

Indexed keywords

DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; NUMA PROTEIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUMA PROTEIN, XENOPUS; NUMA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPINDLE POLE BODY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FEMALE; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CELL DIVISION; DYNEIN ATPASE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0036558281     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115.9.1815     Document Type: Article

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