The Caenorhabditis elegans Microtubule-severing Complex MEI-1/MEI-2 Katanin Interacts Differently with Two Superficially Redundant β-Tubulin Isotypes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 142-150

  Lu, Chenggang ^a   Srayko, Martin ^a,b   Mains, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEI 1; PROTEIN MEI 2; PROTEIN TBB 1; PROTEIN TBB 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SB26; LETHALITY; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0347990575     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-06-0418     Document Type: Article

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