The physical basis of microtubule structure and stability

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2257-2261

  Sept, David ^a   Baker, Nathan A ^b   McCammon, J Andrew ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microtubule; Molecular modeling; Poisson Boltzmann; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

DIMER; POLYMER; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROSTATICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBULIN;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0141634366     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03187503     Document Type: Article

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