Specific α- and β-tubulin isotypes optimize the functions of sensory cilia in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 883-896

  Hurd, Daryl D ^a,b   Miller, Renee M ^b   Núñez, Lizbeth ^b,c   Portman, Douglas S ^b,c  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ALPHA TUBULIN TBA6; ALPHA TUBULIN TBA9; BETA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN TBB4; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CILIARY MOTILITY; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CILIA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUBULIN;

EID: 78349244070     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.116996     Document Type: Article

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