Dynamics and mechanics of the microtubule plus end

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6933, 2003, Pages 753-758

  Howard, Joe ^a   Hyman, Anthony A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MICROTUBULES;

CELLS;

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

BIOLOGY;

CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; HYDROLYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS;

EID: 0037452096     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01600     Document Type: Review

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