Dictyostelium γ-tubulin: Molecular characterization and ultrastructural localization

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-412

  Euteneuer, Ursula ^a   Gräf, Ralph ^a   Kube Granderath, Eckhard ^a   Schliwa, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

tubulin; Centrosome; Immunoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TUBULIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTROSOME; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 2642626625     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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