Molecular cloning and three-dimensional structure prediction of a novel a-tubulin in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-195

  Baleanu Gogonea, Camélia ^a,b   Siddiqui, S S ^a,b  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3d structure; A tubulin ; C. Elegans ; Primary sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746949770     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2000.tb00116.x     Document Type: Article

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