Impedance spectroscopy of α-β tubulin heterodimer suspensions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4644-4650

  Sanabria, Hugo ^a,e   Miller Jr , John H ^a   Mershin, Andreas ^b   Luduena, Richard F ^c   Kolomenski, Alexandre A ^d   Schuessler, Hans A ^d   Nanopoulos, Dimitri V ^d  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; HETERODIMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SUSPENSION;

EID: 33744805338     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.069427     Document Type: Article

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