The major α-tubulin K40 acetyltransferase αTAT1 promotes rapid ciliogenesis and efficient mechanosensation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 21517-21522

  Shida, Toshinobu ^a   Cueva, Juan G ^a   Xu, Zhenjie ^a   Goodman, Miriam B ^a   Nachury, Maxence V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bardet Biedl Syndrome; Cilia; Ciliopathy; Cytoskeleton; Posttranslational modification

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TUBULIN; ALPHATAT1 PROTEIN; MEC 17 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; MAMMAL CELL; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CILIA; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROTUBULES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOUCH; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 78650731392     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013728107     Document Type: Article

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