Structural rearrangements in tubulin following microtubule formation

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-232

  Krebs, Angelika ^a   Goldie, Kenneth N ^a   Hoenger, Andreas ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Curved tubulin conformation; Electron microscopy; Microtubule; Straight tubulin conformation; Tubulin dimer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STATHMIN; TUBULIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYDROLYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; TUBULIN;

EID: 16844372144     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400360     Document Type: Article

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