MAP2 and tau bind longitudinally along the outer ridges of microtubule protofilaments

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1187-1196

  Al Bassam, Jawdat ^a   Ozer, Rachel S ^a   Safer, Daniel ^b   Halpain, Shelley ^a   Milligan, Ronald A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo EM; MAP2; Microtubule; Structure; Tau

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TAU PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0037166943     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200201048     Document Type: Article

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