Insights into microtubule nucleation from the crystal structure of human γ-tubulin

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7041, 2005, Pages 523-527

  Aldaz, Hector ^a,c   Rice, Luke M ^a   Stearns, Tim ^b   Agard, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; OLIGOMERS; PROTEINS;

CONFORMATIONAL SWITCHING; EUKARYOTIC CYTOSKELETON; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE NUCLEATION;

NUCLEATION;

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MONOMER; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TUBULIN;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 19544384914     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03586     Document Type: Article

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