Distinct functional roles of β-Tubulin isotypes in microtubule arrays of Tetrahymena thermophila, a model single-celled organism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Pucciarelli, Sandra ^a   Ballarini, Patrizia ^a   Sparvoli, Daniela ^a   Barchetta, Sabrina ^a   Yu, Ting ^a   Detrich III, H William ^b   Miceli, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LIKE TUBULIN 1; BETA LIKE TUBULIN 4; BETA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN 2; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BINDING SITE; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EXPRESSION VECTOR; IN VIVO STUDY; MACRONUCLEUS; MEIOSIS; MICRONUCLEUS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

MICROTUBULES; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TUBULIN;

EID: 84862656289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039694     Document Type: Article

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