Review: Postchaperonin tubulin folding cofactors and their role in microtubule dynamics

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-229

  Lopez Fanarraga, Mónica ^a   Avila, Jesus ^b   Guasch, Alicia ^b   Coll, Miquel ^b   Zabala, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chaperones; Cofactors; Cytoskeleton; GTP binding; Microtubule dynamics; Tubulin folding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CHAPERONIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE; TUBULIN;

BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTROPHORESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 18744404214     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4386     Document Type: Review

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