Long-lost relatives reappear: Identification of new members of the tubulin superfamily

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 634-640

  Dutcher, Susan K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; DELTA TUBULIN; DNA; EPSILON TUBULIN; ETA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA; XENOPUS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; PARAMECIUM; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0347364717     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.10.016     Document Type: Review

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