Transitions in microtubule C-termini conformations as a possible dendritic signaling phenomenon

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-52

  Priel, Avner ^a   Tuszynski, Jack A ^a   Woolf, Nancy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic interaction; Ionic wave; MAP; Neuron; Protein filament; Synapse

Indexed keywords

DIMER; ION; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DENDRITE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TIME;

DENDRITES; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSTATICS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 27944459634     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-005-0003-0     Document Type: Article

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