Structural and functional implications of an unusual foraminiferal β-tubulin

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2000-2009

  Habura, Andrea ^a   Wegener, Laura ^a,b   Travis, Jeffrey L ^b   Bowser, Samuel S ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Helical filament; M loop; Microtubule; Tubulin polymorph

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTOZOA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBULIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 24744471435     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi190     Document Type: Article

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