Structural and mechanistic insights into microtubule end-binding proteins

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-95

  Slep, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN GLYCINE; END BINDING 1 PROTEIN; GLYCINE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN CLIP 170; PROTEIN SKIP; PROTEIN XMAP215; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 75749107871     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.10.009     Document Type: Review

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