Cryoelectron Microscopy Applications in the Study of Tubulin Structure, Microtubule Architecture, Dynamics and Assemblies, and Interaction of Microtubules with Motors

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 483, Issue C, 2010, Pages 121-142

  Downing, Kenneth H ^a   Nogales, Eva ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; BETA TUBULIN; KINESIN; POLYMER; TUBULIN;

BINDING KINETICS; BOOK; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOSKELETON; DIFFRACTION; DRUG BINDING; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 77957258782     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)83006-X     Document Type: Chapter

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