Electron Microscopy of Microtubule-Based Cytoskeletal Machinery

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2007, Issue 79, 2007, Pages 437-462

  Hoenger, Andreas ^a   Nicastro, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 33847196039     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(06)79017-3     Document Type: Review

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