Tubulin depolymerization may be an ancient biological motor

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3425-3434

  McIntosh, J Richard ^a   Volkov, Vladimir ^a,b   Ataullakhanov, Fazly I ^b,c   Grishchuk, Ekaterina L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HEMATOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cleavage; Chromosome motion; Coupler; FtsZ; Microtubule; Mitosis; Motility

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; MICROSPHERE; TUBULIN;

BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOKINESIS; EUKARYOTE; FORCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TUBULIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77957870733     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.067611     Document Type: Note

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