Ataxin-7 associates with microtubules and stabilizes the cytoskeletal network

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1099-1110

  Nakamura, Yoko ^a   Tagawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Oka, Tsutomu ^a   Sasabe, Toshikazu ^a   Ito, Hikaru ^a   Shiwaku, Hiroki ^a   La spada, Albert R ^b,c   Okazawa, Hitoshi ^a,d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 7; NOCODAZOLE;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TELOPHASE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSFECTION; TUBULIN;

EID: 84856970989     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr539     Document Type: Article

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