Assembly dynamics of microtubules at molecular resolution

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7103, 2006, Pages 709-712

  Kerssemakers, Jacob W J ^a,b   Laura Munteanu, E ^a   Laan, Liedewij ^a   Noetzel, Tim L ^b   Janson, Marcel E ^a,c   Dogterom, Marileen ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OLIGOMERS; PROTEINS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SHRINKAGE;

MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS; MICROTUBULES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TUBULIN OLIGOMERS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT CELL; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33746221673     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04928     Document Type: Article

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