Conformational analysis of the carboxy-terminal tails of human β-tubulin isotypes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1971-1982

  Luchko, Tyler ^a,b   Torin Huzil, J ^a   Stepanova, Maria ^b   Tuszynski, Jack ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE; TUBULIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROTUBULE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PEPTIDES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TUBULIN;

EID: 44049092273     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115113     Document Type: Article

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