Electron tomography reveals a flared morphology on growing microtubule ends

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 693-698

  Höög, Johanna L ^a,b,c   Huisman, Stephen M ^a,d   Sebö Lemke, Zsofia ^a   Sandblad, Linda ^a   McIntosh, J Richard ^c   Antony, Claude ^a   Brunner, Damian ^a,d  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electron tomography; Microtubule polymerisation; Plus ends; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MICROTUBULES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TUBULIN;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 79952806229     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.072967     Document Type: Article

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