Microtubule's conformational cap

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 299-303

  Chrétien, Denis ^a,b,g   Jánosi, Imre ^c,d   Taveau, Jean Christophe ^a   Flyvbjerg, Henrik ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Computer modelling; Electron microscopy; Microtubule; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; TUBULIN;

CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0344210964     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.24.299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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