Mutations in α-tubulin promote basal body maturation and flagellar assembly in the absence of δ-tubulin

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-314

  Fromherz, Sylvia ^a   Giddings Jr , Thomas H ^a   Gomez Ospina, Natalia ^a,c   Dutcher, Susan K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal body; Centriole; Early maturation; Microtubule

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; AMINO ACID; BETA TUBULIN; COLCHICINE; GAMMA TUBULIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GREEN ALGA; KINETOSOME; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COLCHICINE; GENE TARGETING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TUBULIN;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 1642544127     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00859     Document Type: Article

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