Axoneme-dependent tubulin modifications in singlet microtubules of the Drosophila sperm tail

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-313

  Hoyle, Henry D ^a   Turner, F Rudolf ^a   Raff, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonemes; Drosophila melanogaster; Glutamylation; Glycylation; Microtubules; Posttranslational modification; Sperm; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; TUBULIN;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EEL; LYTICHINUS PICTUS; MALE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; AXONEME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULES; SEA URCHINS; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; TUBULIN;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECHINOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 41449092737     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20261     Document Type: Article

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