γ-tubulin functions in the nucleation of a discrete subset of microtubules in the eukaryotic flagellum

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 598-602

  McKean, Paul G ^a   Baines, Andrea ^b,c   Vaughan, Sue ^b,c   Gull, Keith ^b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0037380134     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00174-X     Document Type: Article

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