Image analysis of α/β-tubulin rings in two-dimensional crystalline arrays of periodic mesoporous nanostructures

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 555-563

  Ishii, Noriyuki ^a   Okuro, Kou ^b   Kinbara, Kazushi ^c   Aida, Takuzo ^b,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

tubulin ring; Electron microscopy; Two dimensional crystals

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CRYSTALLIN; HETERODIMER; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SWINE; TUBULIN;

EID: 77950598561     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvp201     Document Type: Article

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