Microtubule Assembly Dynamics at the Nanoscale

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1445-1455

  Schek III, Henry T ^a   Gardner, Melissa K ^b   Cheng, Jun ^c   Odde, David J ^b   Hunt, Alan J ^c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TIME;

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICROTUBULES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 34548289289     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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