Cold adaptation of plant microtubules: Structural interpretation of primary sequence changes in a highly conserved region of α-tubulin

Cell Biology International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-243

  Nyporko, A Yu ^a   Demchuk, O N ^a   Blume, Ya B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENOMICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; DIMER;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALGAE;

EID: 0037356741     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1065-6995(02)00342-6     Document Type: Article

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