Gamma tubulin and microtubule nucleation in mammalian cells

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2001, Pages 179-193

  Joshi, Harish C ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; TRANSFECTION; TUBULIN;

EID: 35448956179     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(01)67013-4     Document Type: Review

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