An extended γ-tubulin ring functions as a stable platform in microtubule nucleation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-74

  Erlemann, Sarah ^a   Neuner, Annett ^a   Gombos, Linda ^a   Gibeaux, Romain ^b   Antony, Claude ^b   Schiebel, Elmar ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN; PROTEIN; SPC97 PROTEIN; SPC98 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; FLUORESCENCE; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL CYCLE; CYTOPLASM; MICROTUBULES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TUBULIN;

EID: 84860299710     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201111123     Document Type: Article

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