Direct Optical Microscopic Observation of the Microtubule Polymerization Intermediate Sheet Structure in the Presence of Gas7

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 391, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 849-857

  Uchida, Takafumi ^a   Akiyama, Hirotada ^a   Sakamoto, Wataru ^a   Koga, Tomoe ^a   Yan, Kangmin ^b   Uchida, Chiyoko ^c   Hirose, Keiko ^b   Itoh, Tomohiko J ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dark field microscopy; Gas7; intermediate sheet; MAPs; microtubule polymerization; Pin1

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 7; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TUBULIN;

EID: 68349123588     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.081     Document Type: Article

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