Post-translational regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton: Mechanisms and functions

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 773-786

  Janke, Carsten ^a   Bulinski, Jeannette Chloë ^b  

^a Centre Universitaire   (France)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ACETYLATION; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TUBULIN; TYROSINE;

EID: 81855196008     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3227     Document Type: Review

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