Tubulin assembly in the presence of calcium ions and taxol: Microtubule bundling and formation of macrotubule-ring complexes

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-83

  Vater, W ^a   Bohm K J ^a   Unger, E ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; macrotubule; microtubule; ring crystal; ring oligomer; scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CALCIUM; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PACLITAXEL; SWINE; TUBULIN;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0343488814     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)36:1<76::AID-CM7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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