The C-termini of tubulin and the specific geometry of tubulin substrates influence the depolymerization activity of MCAK

Cell Cycle

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2727-2737

  Hertzer, Kathleen M ^a   Walczak, Claire E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinesin; Microtubules; Mitosis; Mitotic spindle; Motor protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; KINESIN; KINESIN 13; PROTEIN MCAK; SUBTILISIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUBTILISIN; TUBULIN;

EID: 50849101069     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.7.17.6590     Document Type: Article

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