Melanophilin and myosin Va track the microtubule plus end on EB1

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-207

  Wu, Xufeng S ^a   Tsan, Grace L ^a   Hammer III, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; EB1 PROTEIN; MELANOPHILIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VERTEBRATE;

ACTINS; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSIN TYPE V; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27544458296     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200503028     Document Type: Article

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