HURP Wraps Microtubule Ends with an Additional Tubulin Sheet That Has a Novel Conformation of Tubulin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 365, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1587-1595

  Santarella, Rachel A ^a   Koffa, Maria D ^a,b   Tittmann, Peter ^c   Gross, Heinz ^c   Hoenger, Andreas ^a,d  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

cryo EM; high resolution shadowing; HURP; microtubules; tubulin

Indexed keywords

HEPATOMA UPREGULATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 33846010436     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.064     Document Type: Article

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