GTPγS microtubules mimic the growing microtubule end structure recognized by end-binding proteins (EBs)

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

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3988-3993

  Maurer, Sebastian P ^a   Bieling, Peter ^a,c   Cope, Julia ^b   Hoenger, Andreas ^b   Surrey, Thomas ^a,d  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beryllium fluoride; Cytoskeleton; EB1; Mal3

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; END BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE GAMMA PHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MIMICRY;

GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 79952760876     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014758108     Document Type: Article

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