Why is the microtubule lattice helical?

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-128

  Hunyadi, Viktória ^a   Chrétien, Denis ^b   Flyvbjerg, Henrik ^c   Jánosi, Imre M ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Macromolecular assembly; Microtubule structure; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; HETERODIMER; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; DIMERIZATION; ELASTICITY; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TUBULIN;

EID: 33846930425     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20060059     Document Type: Article

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